“I’m fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I’m fascinated by the idea of long-lived technologies.”
“I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.”
“Television is ever more ambitious, more akin to the Victorian novel with multiple narratives and more discursive material.”
“Bermuda’s beaches are justly famed for their pink sands, colored by the pulverized shells of single-celled organisms called foraminifera. When occupied by bikini-clad sunbathers, the beaches, with Victorian primness, appear to be blushing.”
“Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard.”
“My humor was Victorian – and still is.”
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