Walter Lord
Walter Lord
John Walter Lord, Jr., was an American author, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth8 October 1917
CountryUnited States of America
couple thinking talking
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the people were very interested in talking about it.
american-author people
You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
american-author enjoying far finding good life since spent study
Just finding it, and as far as that went, I spent a good part of my life enjoying the study of the ship, ever since I was a little kid.
running intellectual personal-courage
Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.
writing dollars
I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.
The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
events guides
Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.
funny-things people today
It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more aware of it than they were in 1954, when I was doing my research.
people ordinary looks
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
nice hero character
It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.
birthday cake sagging
Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
courage men odds
Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.