Robert Caro Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling.”

“What would be the good of rushing? You want these books to last.”

“When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.”

“You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.”

“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.”

“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 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 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 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.”