“Allons Travailler!” was Christopher’s response to the “what is your motto?” part of the Proust Questionnaire, a survey the editors of Vanity Fair, gave to various personalities each month.  Here are Christopher’s responses.

 

Reprinted from Hitch 22

 

I realize this is a bit off topic, but since David Bowie died this week, I thought readers of this blog might appreciate his answers to the same questionnaire.You can view them here.

                                                                                            Graphic by Robert Risko for Vanity Fair

As for how Bowie might be connected to Hitchens, the media published a list of Bowie’s top 100 books. Included in the list is Hitchens’ “The Trial of Henry Kissinger“.