Deborah Solomon of the New York Times interviews Larry McMurtry on his new book about Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley.

Mr. McMurtry is not a navel-gazer:

You should probably come up with a better answer, because I'm sure you'll be asked the question many times on your book tour.

No, I won't. This is the only time I am talking about this book. Why write a book and then talk about it? It doesn't make any sense. I can get another book done in the time it takes to do a book tour. I don't want to sit around reliving last year's book in conversation.

(Thanks to Ann Althouse)