The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.

He hangs on now, pressing his hand lightly against the wall, below the window, waiting for the familiar arrow of pain. Only there is none. An oddly pleasant swell of memory, a wave of warmth flooding over him, sliding back, slowly. It is a first

Even very ordinary people, upon closer examination, can often look extraordinary.

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.

People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.