“No one sits on the stoop when she's a kid and thinks, 'I want to be a ...” — Stacy Schiff Quote

“No one sits on the stoop when she's a kid and thinks, 'I want to be a biographer when I grow up.'”

“The interesting thing about Cleopatra is that she is such a shape-shifter. I mean through history we've all molded her to our times and our places. So there's room for a movie for her, but I don't think it will hew to the book.”

“Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I write first drafts with a mechanical pencil and a yellow legal pad. There's good reason for this primitive behavior: I am a crackerjack typist. My hand moves far more quickly than my brain.”

“You want to be in control of a lot. You grow up. You sink or swim. I suppose I swam.”

“The audience and I are friends. They allowed me to grow up with them. I've let them down several times. They've let me down several times. But we're all family.”

“Success is to improve, grow up, build one team with personality, and then I want to win.”