- How long will you be with us?
- Not as long as I'd like to be.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Shootist movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:18.437 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Yes, and your reputation is nationwide.

- My story went out over the wires this morning. Every daily of consequence will run it, but they'll want more, the papers in the East, in particular.

- Between us, Mr. Books, we can really put Carson City on the map.

- You're going the long way around the barn.

- Yes, sir. I would like tremendously to do a series of stories on you.

- A series?

- Yes.

- How long will you be with us?

- Not as long as I'd like to be.

- Oh, well, we could start today, right now, then get together again tomorrow.

- You see, there's been so much cheap fiction about gunmen.

- I want to get down to the true story for once, while you're available, before anything happens to you. I mean, I hope nothing does.

- Go on.

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