Christopher Hitchens Quotes

My idea of a good time is creating something and reading a good book.

On a good day I write, all day.

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

I decided I wanted to be a musician when I saw the movie 'Amadeus' around 1987. I was five years old, so it was a good time to start piano lessons after seeing Tom Hulce who played Mozart play the harpsichord on his back with his hands crossed. Such a great movie to inspire a five-year-old.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

I have ideas saved on my computer that I visit from time to time to see if one may shine and motivate me.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write.

I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free time, I choose to write and edit.

I haven't stopped writing which is good. I'm scared to stop completely otherwise it might lead to stagnancy.

I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.

I don't believe in writer's block. Think about it - when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn't it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer's block is having too much time on your hands.

I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.

Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.

Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff.

If I weren't so lazy, I would have 14 books, not eight.

I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me.

I found a great many pieces of punctuation and typography lying around dormant when I came along - and I must say I had a good time using them.

If I write a page a day, I feel very good about it.

The fulfillment I get from a good day of writing is addictive and will always bring me back the next day.

I usually take a walk after breakfast, write for three hours, have lunch and read in the afternoon. Demons don’t like fresh air - they prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet; for a person who is as chaotic as me, who struggles to be in control, it is an absolute necessity to follow these rules and routines. If I let myself go, nothing will get done.

I tend to have a hard time working on pieces long before they're due. That's why I think the fact that I write a column is really good for me - the column has to be done, and there's no getting around it.

Sometimes I find it too hot to run, and sometimes too cold. Or too cloudy. But I still go running. I know that if I didn't go running, I wouldn't go the next day either. It's not in human nature to take unnecessary burdens upon oneself, so one's body soon becomes disaccustomed. It mustn't do that. It's the same with writing. I write every day so that my mind doesn't become disaccustomed.

Take out another notebook, pick up another pen, and just write, just write, just write. In the middle of the world, make one positive step. In the center of chaos, make one definitive act. Just write. Say yes, stay alive, be awake. Just write. Just write. Just write.

I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.