Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist
Source: god is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
“The less I know, the better I feel about a person or book.”
On why he did not read a book before interviewing its author. <br class="br"> The Radio 'King': From Midnight to Dawn https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19810104&id=7DBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3792,4986335, Toledo Blade, Jan. 4, 1981.
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