Walter Lord Quotes

My books are about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.

I'm really interested in real people in extraordinary situations. The detail and reality to that.

I like stories where normal people are in abnormal situations, and that's what appeals to me about history.

This is the strangest life I've ever known.

I prefer to write about ordinary people who find themselves in a singularly bizarre situation - that is to say, the one moment in their lives when they are forced to confront danger or mystery.

I'm drawn to ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances, which is a big part of the human condition.

You never know what to expect when you're in America, especially when I've been in L.A., where you walk out the door, and suddenly there's a monkey bicycling by in front of you. There are just so many weird things going on there, but it's fun.

I think that I've had a very strange life.

The stuff that I find really intriguing is always how do ordinary people behave in extraordinary circumstances. And that's why we have a lot of cop shows and lawyer shows and medical shows is that you're looking for situations that just always heighten the stakes.

I'm drawn to stories about ordinary people who get tangled up in an extraordinary event or idea or emotion. I'm not saying I don't love films about super-people or super-doctors, but my preference is for stories about how we get through this life, what it is to be human, because I'm always struggling with it myself.

I've never really played everyday people. I've played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters.

I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures.

I never do research unless it's extraordinary circumstances.

It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?

I take real people and put them in extraordinary situations.

You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.

One of the big draws of the show is here's a guy who is ordinary in a lot of ways but, due to his profession, he's placed in extraordinary situations that he has to make right with action and with thought. That's what is appealing about Jack - he takes charge.

There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.

Real life is crazier than fiction.

My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.

I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.

It takes extraordinary times to make an ordinary man brilliant.

My life has been so extraordinary.

I am particularly looking forward to meeting ordinary American people and hearing about their extraordinary lives.

I do get funny people sometimes coming up to me in supermarkets in America with my picture in their pocket, which is a bit strange.