Christopher Hitchens Interview (2011)

"I don't ask for sympathy because I'm not intending to dish it out."  The man has a way with words that just excites me.

No one will ever speak English so well.

He is not dead he lives in You tubes cosmos and in the pages of his writing and in his childrens DNA I am grateful I can hear his voice see him in film and read his work.

Watching him talk I can't believe we have the same size brains. At times im in awe as he looks to his left pulling facts from his past. The names he can give you, what they wrote, said, or did. His control over the English language and his unique way of articulation. So much information and so many facts in his head and he can access them all with ease and without skipping a syllable. Its kind of like the closest biological thing to the internet. I've said it before, but what a brilliant man. Such a loss.

I stumbled on Hitch, he leveled me with is intellect, and quickly became a Hero of mine, I was so saddened to hear he had already passed.

I listen to Hitchens last thing at night... his discussion of almost any subject brings me peace and calm

I never met Hitchens. But I had listened to him in dozens of podcasts over the past 4 years. Usually when I've hiked with my dogs, Trotsky and Juma. While hiking in these forests and hills nearby where I live, I always felt I had another companion with us. His words, invariably, brought into my own life a much needed island of sanity in a world gone dangerously close to imploding. I often laughed while listening to him. He invoked a sense of wonder, acknowledgement, validation, clarity---especially clarity---into my own personal universe; he also invoked courage at times when I was lacking it. Like I said before, I never knew him but always considered him a close friend. I miss him everyday---especially now.

I'm so so sorry to have found him after his death. I couldn't love this guy more. 👏 wow

This is the kind of man this world needs today! I have his words, his intellect, his wit and his past personal appearances to help myself become a voice in this closed off, divisive world

I only discovered Hitch around 2 years ago and he has truly changed my life for the better. I wish I could have seen him in person.

Christopher Hitchens is a legend. We should have paid more attention to him while he was here.

An intellectual giant of our times! He truly helped shape my views!!

As always , Hitch is clear headed, concise with a breadth and depth of knowledge unparalleled . He is sorely missed

Rarely does a day go by that I don't still think about him. What a human being. The best of us in fact.

I've long disagreed with some of his positions on possible solutions, but retain an enduring love for the fundamental truths he espoused and the good place they came from. He was and still is a wonderful inspiring gift to the human race.

"If I could not write, it would undermine my will to live." Powerful statement.

God it's just unbearable to see Hitchens like this :( He was a beacon of intelligence and reason in an easily manipulated and subjugated world. What a loss for all of humanity that he's gone. I've seen so many people saying they'd gladly trade however many years of their life so that Hitchens might have lived on and continued to share his brilliance with the world.

Thank goodness there are interviews and debates and conversations with this monolith of intelligence and wisdom. We need more individuals like this gentleman. His loss and affect on us can never accurately be measured. His insight and ability to speak ( and write) with such virtuosity and, for me, truthfulness has impacted my life in ways still unknown to me. His voice is eternal to all future generations. Sadly, videos will be a poor substitute for being in his presence and experiencing his aura.

It's 2021 and the world is still in need of a Hitch!

I wish he was still with us. I wonder what he would have to say about current events.