Robert Caro Quotes

52 quotes in 507 categories

• The Senate is an unknowing world Inspirational
• 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… Always Wanted
• 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… Ballet
• 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… Book
• 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… Anyone
• 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… Country
• I trained myself to be organized, Funny
• Nobody believes this, but I write very fast, Believe
• I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter, Chapter
• I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why. Ballet
• The right of a minority is so important in a democracy. Democracy
• I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for. Credit
• 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… Afternoon
• 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… Chapter
• 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… Along
• Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work. Along
• There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling. Feeling
• I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it. Beauty
• I finish what I have to do in the office. Finish
• What would be the good of rushing? You want these books to last. Books

Browse Robert Caro Quotes by Category