Robert Caro Quotes - Page 2

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

  Robert Caro

  Democracy, Important, Minorities

  "Robert Caro: GOP Abuse Of Filibuster ‘Unconscionable,’ Harry Reid Has Done ‘A Terrific Job’" by Ryan Grim, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 30, 2012.

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• 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

  Believe, Writing, Trying

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• My predictions are notably inaccurate

  Robert Caro

  Predictions

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

  Robert Caro

  Effort, Ballet, Experts

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

  Robert Caro

  Guy, Political, Use

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

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  Political, Politics, Politician

  Robert A. Caro (1983). “The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The path to power”, Vintage

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• 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

  Book, Understanding, Important

  "The Round Table: Fiction, Biography And The Use Of Power". Interview with Kurt Vonnegut, www.robertcaro.com. 1999.

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• 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

  New Experiences, Harder

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Order, Pages

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

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  Majority Leader, United States, Made

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• My interest is in power. How power works.

  Robert Caro

  Interest

  "Robert Caro: a life with LBJ and the pursuit of power" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2012.

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• The Senate is an unknowing world

  Robert Caro

  World, Senate, Unknowing

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• 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

  People, President, Vietnam

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• 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

  Country, Creating, Texas

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• I trained myself to be organized.

  Robert Caro

  Organized

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• Nobody believes this, but I write very fast.

  Robert Caro

  Believe, Writing

  "The Big Book" by Chris Jones, www.esquire.com. April 12, 2012.

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

  Robert Caro

  Trying, Mood, Chapters

  "The Big Book" by Chris Jones, www.esquire.com. April 12, 2012.

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

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  Years, Ballet, Knows

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

  Robert Caro

  Thinking, President, Credit

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• 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

  Excited, Get Up, Ends

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• 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

  Writing, Bed, Wells

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• 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.

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  New York, Cities, Ballet

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• 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

  Writing, Long, Afternoon

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