Note-taking Lessons From America’s Greatest Biographer
À mes yeux, les plus beaux trésors de ces carnets sont des listes de choses à faire reflétant tout ce qui titillait la curiosité de Léonard. L’une d’elles, écrite dans les années 1490 à Milan, recense des choses qu’il voulait apprendre. « La mesure de Milan et de ses faubourgs »
Walter Isaacson • Léonard de Vinci: La biographie (QUANTO) (French Edition)
he was who I wanted to be when I grew up. He’s one of the great nonfiction writers of our time, a genius of reportage and the profile, someone who could take any curious whim and turn it into a compelling book.
Principle one: ‘Turn every goddamned page’
Principle two: ‘The facts alone aren’t enough’
Principle three: ‘Truth takes time’
Yet unbelievably, Caro is not a slow writer by nature. He admits how when he wrote copy in the newsroom, it was a pace judged “astonishing” by his colleagues. No, Robert Caro is actually a slow writer by choice. Before starting... See more
Principle two: ‘The facts alone aren’t enough’
Principle three: ‘Truth takes time’
Yet unbelievably, Caro is not a slow writer by nature. He admits how when he wrote copy in the newsroom, it was a pace judged “astonishing” by his colleagues. No, Robert Caro is actually a slow writer by choice. Before starting... See more