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 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 … - Robert Caro
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 …
- Robert Caro
Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work. - Robert Caro
Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.
We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't beli… - Robert Caro
We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't beli…
Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals. - Robert Caro
Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.
Whenever I go to work I wear a jacket and a tie, because I'm inherently quite lazy, and my books take so long to do, and my publishers don't bug me, … - Robert Caro
Whenever I go to work I wear a jacket and a tie, because I'm inherently quite lazy, and my books take so long to do, and my publishers don't bug me, …
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 de… - Robert Caro
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 de…
There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell prec… - Robert Caro
There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell prec…
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
As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.
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
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.
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