Christopher Hitchens: Write like you're dead

It's the best way to stay uninhibited.

Christopher Hitchens on Art and Death:

I’ve always known that I’m born into a losing struggle… don’t know anyone who’s come out of that a winner. One should try to write as if posthumously. Because then you’re free of all the inhibition that can cluster around even the most independent-minded writer. You don’t really care about public opinion now, you do…