Jon Meyers wrote:

At the Oscars this evening, Larry McMurtry thanked the booksellers of
the world for keeping alive the culture of the book...


Flunky: "But, sir, you *are* A Bookseller."

Boss: "I know"

Flunky: "So you're thanking yourself?"

Boss: pause "Maybe."


Alright, alright. But to walk into the belly of the Beast and to
praise book culture to the chief purveyors of visual culture, well, I'd
like to think that was just his little way of sticking it to the man.

William M. Klimon
http://www.gateofbliss.com