I was never my own type so I completely missed my beauty all through my youth.

Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art.

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.

We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose. Well, this has been a squinting, walleyed time to be born in.

All Americans born between 1890 and 1945 wanted to be movie stars.

The war against terror is like a war against dandruff. It's a metaphor. It's not about anything.

I have been asked whether I wish to nominate a successor, an inheritor, a dauphin or delfino. I have decided to name Christopher Hitchens.