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Robert Caro Quotes: "I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives"

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives



Robert Caro Quotes: "The Senate is an unknowing world"

The Senate is an unknowing world




Robert Caro Quotes: "Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals."

Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.



Robert Caro Quotes: "Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years"

Robert Moses wasn't elected to anything. We're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected. He had more power than anyone, and he held it for 48 years




Robert Caro Quotes: "The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15"

The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15



Robert Caro Quotes: "I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet."

I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.



Robert Caro Quotes: "The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations"

The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations




Robert Caro Quotes: "Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery."

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I don't think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works."

I don't think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless"

I sometimes feel that if your book sells more than 20 years, then there's something in it that you can say, gee, I did something that endures, that's timeless



Robert Caro Quotes: "The right of a minority is so important in a democracy."

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.



Robert Caro Quotes: "To my mind, the prose in a non-fiction work that's going to endure has to be of the same quality as the prose in a work of fiction that endures."

To my mind, the prose in a non-fiction work that's going to endure has to be of the same quality as the prose in a work of fiction that endures.




Robert Caro Quotes: "You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world"

You come in off the street, through the doors of the theater. You sit down. The lights go down and the curtain goes up. And you're in another world



Robert Caro Quotes: "There's a feeling about it. You feel almost like a cabinetmaker, laying planks. There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling."

There's a feeling about it. You feel almost like a cabinetmaker, laying planks. There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling.



Robert Caro Quotes: "The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage."

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.



Robert Caro Quotes: "Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage."

Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage.



Robert Caro Quotes: "Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It's really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that."

Everything seems to be going faster and faster. It's really harder to create something that endures. The New York City Ballet has succeeded in doing that.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why."

I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why.



Robert Caro Quotes: "Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work"

Lyndon Johnson, as majority leader of the United States Senate, he made the Senate work



Robert Caro Quotes: "Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work."

Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.



Robert Caro Quotes: "If it's coming near the end of a chapter and I'm really getting into it, I tend to get up earlier and earlier, just because I'm excited to get to work."

If it's coming near the end of a chapter and I'm really getting into it, I tend to get up earlier and earlier, just because I'm excited to get to work.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to."

I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for."

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter."

I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter.



Robert Caro Quotes: "Nobody believes this, but I write very fast."

Nobody believes this, but I write very fast.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I trained myself to be organized."

I trained myself to be organized.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world"

I was trying to learn about Lyndon Johnson when he was young and creating his first political machine in the Texas hill country. I moved there for three years. You had to learn that world



Robert Caro Quotes: "I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience."

I like new ballets because they're totally new. As you get older, new experiences are harder and harder to come by, so it's pretty great to have a new experience.



Robert Caro Quotes: "As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life."

As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.



Robert Caro Quotes: "If things are going well, if the writing's coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has been bad, I get out of bed disgruntled."

If things are going well, if the writing's coming along, I jump out of bed happy. And if the previous day has been bad, I get out of bed disgruntled.



Robert Caro Quotes: "You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing."

You have to be an extremely good reader to appreciate what a good writer is. There are some people who are completely insensitive to good writing.



Robert Caro Quotes: "Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency."

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.



Robert Caro Quotes: "You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy."

You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.



Robert Caro Quotes: "There's a theory, and I think the theory is right, that in order to make a change you've got to make the whole language of the page harmonious. Well, that's a lot easier with a computer."

There's a theory, and I think the theory is right, that in order to make a change you've got to make the whole language of the page harmonious. Well, that's a lot easier with a computer.



Robert Caro Quotes: "My interest is in power. How power works."

My interest is in power. How power works.



Robert Caro Quotes: "Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion."

Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion.



Robert Caro Quotes: "My predictions are notably inaccurate"

My predictions are notably inaccurate



Robert Caro Quotes: "I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term."

I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term.



Robert Caro Quotes: "You know, my first three or four drafts, you can see, are on legal pads in long hand. And then I go to a typewriter, and I know everybody's switching to a computer. And I'm sort of laughed at."

You know, my first three or four drafts, you can see, are on legal pads in long hand. And then I go to a typewriter, and I know everybody's switching to a computer. And I'm sort of laughed at.



Robert Caro Quotes: "I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives."

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives.



Robert Caro Quotes: "There is a time to fish and a time to mend nets."

There is a time to fish and a time to mend nets.