“Books can accommodate the proximity of computers but it doesn't seem to work the other way around. Computers now literally drive out books from the place that should, by definition, be books' own home: the library.” WayShouldBookHomeSeemsComputerLibraryDefinitionsAccommodateProximity Book:Books: A Memoir Source: Books: A Memoir
“I suppose you set up reading the Good Book all night-spoken by Woodrow Call” BookNightReadingAll NightGood Book Author:Larry McMurtry
“Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem to retain a fondness for reference books that goes beyond the practical. Everything there is to know about a given volume may be only a click away, but there are still a few of us who'd rather have the book than the click. A bookman's love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.” KnowsMayStillsBookSeemsYoungGivenSpaceInformationWasteRegardWestLibraryPracticalsErasVolumeCoastChipsClicksDealerSiliconFondnessOld TimeWest CoastTimerOld TimersWaste Of Space Author:Larry McMurtry
“A bookman’s love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.” BookInformation Book:Books: A Memoir Source: Books: A Memoir
“The tradition I was born into was essentially nomadic, a herdsmen tradition, following animals across the earth. The bookshops are a form of ranching; instead of herding cattle, I herd books. Writing is a form of herding, too; I herd words into little paragraph-like clusters.” WritingLittlesBookEarthFormBornAnimalTraditionFollowingHerdsParagraphCattleBook WritingBookshopsClustersNomadicRanching Author:Larry McMurtry
