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. – Robert Caro
I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it. – Robert Caro
There used to be this feeling under Eisenhower and Kennedy and Roosevelt and Truman that government was a solution. Trust in the presidency fell precipitously under Johnson – real lows. And its never come back. Its a trend that, if youre liberal, is really discouraging. – Robert Caro
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
What Whitney Houston has accomplished will never be accomplished. Shes the most famous person on the planet as far as vocaling and her songs. So Im very happy that I can sit here and say I had a chance to know her. And Im still dazed that shes gone. But she lives because her music is so powerful. – Narada Michael Walden