Robert Caro
Robert Caro
Robert Allan Carois an American journalist and author known for his celebrated biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth30 October 1935
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
guy political biographies
You can use a biography to examine political power, but only if you pick the right guy.
dance ballet sometimes
The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.
political politician criteria
Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion.
wonderful sometimes something-new
As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.
effort ballet experts
I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.
beautiful ballet faces
Sometimes during a ballet I'll look around and see all these rows of intent faces, concentrating on this beautiful thing up on the stage.
new-york cities ballet
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.
interest
My interest is in power. How power works.
political genius someday
Someday a political genius will come along and make the Senate work.
writing bed wells
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.
democracy important minorities
The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.
trying mood chapters
I try to have a mood or a rhythm for a chapter,
organized
I trained myself to be organized,
country texas years
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