The Russia House (1990)

Michael Kitchen: Clive

Quotes 

• [Russell produces a stack of reports on the analysis of Dante's material] 

  Clive : And is there a conclusion?

  Russell : Clive, there is a conclusion: drop it down the toilet.

  Ned : And is that what you think, Russell?

  Russell : Well, expert opinion has that this notebook was written very quickly... or very slowly. By a man, or a woman. The writer was right-handed, or he was left-handed. What I think? For "experts," there's no toilet deep enough.

• Clive : Do you believe this nonsense?

  Bartholomew "Barley" Scott Blair : I don't know. I believe it when I say it. But you've got to be there: you're taking a leak in some filthy public urinal and the man in the next stall leans across and asks you about God or Kafka or freedom versus responsibility; so you tell him because you know, because you're from the West. And before you've finished shaking your dick you think:"What a great country!" That's why I love them... and they're very fond of me.