The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.
From Robert Caro
I don't think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works.
As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.
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.
I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.
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.
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.
I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why.
I really wanted there to be something in my life that I enjoy just for the beauty of it.
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 that endures, that's timeless.
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