Robert Caro understands excellence can’t be rushed. When he began writing the Power Broker, Caro initially believed that it would take him nine months to complete his account of Robert Moses’s ascent to power. It ended up taking Caro seven years. During that time, he ran out of money, sold his house, and had to lean on his wife to conduct research for him. The result of his meticulous efforts, though, resulted in a Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Slow Work
Slow Work
Slow Work
Robert Caro understands excellence can’t be rushed. When he began writing the Power Broker, Caro initially believed that it would take him nine months to complete his account of Robert Moses’s ascent to power. It ended up taking Caro seven years. During that time, he ran out of money, sold his house, and had to lean on his wife to conduct research for him. The result of his meticulous efforts, though, resulted in a Pulitzer Prize for Biography.