So I knew to a certain degree that I could do all kinds of things that I didn't have a chance to do before.

There is a certain degree of 'steampunkishness' that creeps into my books.

I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

All mammals undergo a certain degree of diversification. Darwin knew that. When he drew a family tree, it had many branches on it.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.