Christopher Hitchens

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. ”

I'm terrified of losing my voice. ”

I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do. ”

I'd always somehow felt slightly as if I'd been born in the wrong country. ”

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative. ”

I'm not a conservative of any kind. ”

I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious. ”

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring. ”

I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated. ”

I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat. ”