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Author and Journalist Christopher Hitchens poses for a portrait at The Hay Festival on May 30, 2010 in Hay-on-Wye, Wales.
Monday, Oct. 10, 2011

Open quoteI try not to dwell on it, except that once in a while I say, O.K., I'm not going to make that joke, I'm not going to go for that chortle.Close quote

  • CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS,
  • author and journalist, on continuing to write while being treated for an advanced stage of esophageal cancer
Photo: David Levenson / Getty Images | Source: New York Times