An institution like mine, Woodbury University in Southern California, offers the intangible but very real benefits of smaller class sizes, frequent and direct contact with professors, an ability to shape an academic career that is increasingly out of reach in the public system, and an innovative environment fed by the creative industries that surrounds it.
Yet with Endless Nights, it is clear that Gaiman's creation is still more potent and vibrant than the industry that surrounds it.
What he hates, he tells me, channelling Hecht's twilight slash-and-burn attitude toward the business, is the industry that surrounds screenwriting, the world of how-to books and motivational retreats that cinch the craft like a belt.
"When you are relevant and have style and you stay in your lane — the lane being the fashion industry that surrounds you — you've got it going on," Ms. Hardison said.
Just before the voting in Colorado and Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty, a former governor of Minnesota and a top surrogate for Mr. Romney, accused Mr. Santorum of being part of "the influence-peddling industry that surrounded Congress".
Like a Brit-flavoured River Cafe, Rochelle Canteen has grown from servicing the creative industry that surrounds it – if you can't cope with the likes of Luella Bartley dropping by, or the coffee-slurping dude who makes Snoop Dogg look like Toby Young, it's probably not for you.
Over the last few years, a number of startups have begun to tackle the musty old industry that surrounds fine art.
He does add that, although he himself is involved in it, he isn't a great fan of the nostalgia industry that surrounds retro gaming.
The people there have been consistently reporting adverse health effects that they blame on their proximity to the massive industry that surrounds them, but the Canadian government has not stepped in to do a proper health study.
