I've always felt that no one understands why some books of non-fiction endure and some don't, because there's not much understanding among many non-fiction writers that the narrative is terribly important. — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share
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… — Robert Caro Copy Share
Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority. In two years Lyndon… — Robert Caro Copy Share
I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it. — Robert Caro Copy Share
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 believe… — Robert Caro Copy Share
Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery. — Robert Caro Copy Share
Among the reasons that you go into journalism, I suppose, are some rather idealistic, even foolish reasons. In my case one of the reasons… — Robert Caro Copy Share
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… — Robert Caro Copy Share
When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do. — Robert Caro Copy Share
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 Copy Share
The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought… — Robert Caro Copy Share
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… — Robert Caro Copy Share
