- Greta Vandemann: [Lighting a cigarette] Ludwig Von Beethoven taught Carl Czerny, who taught Leschetizky, who taught Schnabel, who taught Renaldi, who taught me. And now the sixth pianist in a direct line from Beethoven is standing here staring at me in her Jordan Marsh mix-and-match.
- Heidi Joan Schoonover: You shouldn't smoke.
- Andrew Erskine: [Heidi's piano needs adjusting and she wants to play a different concerto] Well, maybe I'm not in the mood to conduct the Profofiev Third!
- Greta Vandemann: [to Andrew Erskine] Andrew! It costs extra to carve "schmuck" on a tombstone, but you would definitely be worth the expense!
- Paul: Nobody looks that good in direct sunlight, so it's not like you're such a knockout.
- Greta Vandemann: [Referring to the piano] That is your first husband, that, you... you marry it the way a nun marries Jesus. You cleave to it, because it gives your life a center that no man... that very few men can possibly give you, least of all a rival for the thing your life is centered on.
- Greta Vandemann: What can you play on 24 hours notice if Serkin or Gilels cancels?
- Heidi Joan Schoonover: Serkin Gilels 24-Hour Cancellation Blues.
- Paul: If you win, great - if I win, better!