“Whenever I felt tempted to, I don’t know, watch cat videos or bad Netflix TV instead of writing this Brandeis biography, I thought of his stern but kindly visage and buckled down and wrote the damn thing, because there’s so much information out there, and these are such anxious times in democracy, such unreasonable times.” KnowsWritingFeltWatchesDemocracyInformationTvsCatDown AndVideoDamnAnxiousBiographiesTemptedUnreasonableNetflixDamn ThingsLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“Louis Brandeis actually changes his mind about women's suffrage because he works with these brilliant women in the women's suffrage movement like Josephine Goldmark, his sister-in-law, where he writes a Brandeis brief which convinced the court to uphold maximum hour laws for women by collecting all these facts and empirical evidence.” WritingMindFactsLawHoursMovementEvidenceCourtConvincedBrilliantMaximumCollectingIn-lawsSuffrageSister In LawLouis BrandeisWomen's SuffrageEmpirical EvidenceSuffrage Movement Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“What is so inspiring about [Louis] Brandeis's writing is he saw it as a tool for democratic education. He would say things like the opinion is now convincing, now can we make it more instructive, after he'd gone through ten drafts.” WritingOpinionGoneSawsTenToolsDemocraticConvincingLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“[Louis] Brandeis is writing directly to us. His clear voice comes through a century and he's speaking to us and he's galvanizing us and he's persuading us. And that's why I love to read the prose.” WritingVoiceClearCenturyProsePersuadingLove To ReadLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“Why I find Louis Brandeis so exciting and inspiring because he's teaching us - good legal writing is not a matter of taste, it's a matter of connection with fellow citizens and of democratic education.” WritingMatterTeachingCitizensTasteConnectionsExcitingFellowsDemocraticLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“Louis Brandeis really inspired me to write this book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet]. It was a crazy deadline. The editor said I'd miss the hundredth anniversary unless I pumped the thing out in six months, because I'd been delaying and dilly dallying for so long. So he both inspired me to get up early and write.” WritingLongSaidBookCrazyMissingMonthsSixInspiredGet UpProphetEditorsSix MonthsDeadlineUp EarlyLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“But as I wrote the book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet], I tried to write it as clearly and directly and passionately as possible just thinking of communicating to readers who might want to learn about this great thinker and be inspired by him as I was.” ThinkingWantWritingBookMightReaderInspiredCommunicateProphetThinkerBe InspiredGreat Thinkers Author:Jeffrey Rosen
