Robert Caro says Robert Moses slept very little and appeared willing to do anything to achieve his aims, with tiredness seemingly irrelevant to him.

“I mean, l- a lot of people have their energy. You know, when you see, um, Robert Moses sleeping very little, showing that he'd do anything to get his, his way, to get th- to get things done,”

“being tired or something doesn't even seem to figure in- into the equation. Sometimes I'm looking at, you know, uh, I, I can't remember one off the top of my head, and you'll say, "He's making this call," and Johnson's making this call at 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.”