- Lawrence Durrell: So, aren't you going to thank me?
- Louisa Durrell: Oh, where do I start? I mean, there's so much.
- Lawrence Durrell: I've given you my story money. I don't think your pension going to arrive anytime soon, so you'll be sponging off me forever, now that I'm a professional author.
- Louisa Durrell: Use your powers for good, won't you? Don't be one of those awful writers who pokes fun of his family.
- Lawrence Durrell: Oh, don't worry. I'll be too busy writing about sex. Artists like me need to live outside the normal rules of society. Which in practice, means getting drunk. A lot.