“She wanted a degree in business technology, not to be the next freaking Nora Roberts.”

“Nora Roberts is cool.”

“It’s far too rarely stated that the technology industry is not in the business of making people productive. It is only in the business of selling more technology.”

“[Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008] helped to obscure the lines between painting and sculpture, painting and photography, photography and printmaking, sculpture and photography, sculpture and dance, sculpture and technology, technology and performance art — not to mention between art and life.”

“Stick them in the Blue Room. And no interruptions for the next couple of hours, please. My guest and I will be fucking. Two hours, Nora?”“At least,” she agreed.“Better make it three, Alfred.” Griffin shifted Nora higher on his shoulder and continued up the stairs.“This is going to be a long summer, isn’t it?” she asked.“Eight and a half inches long, if you’ll recall.”

“We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks-that's show business.”