'The Writer's Art of Observation'

 

“Always read stuff thatwill make you look good if you die when you’re right in the middle of it.”– P.J. O'Rourke.

Born in Toledo, OH onNov. 14, 1947 Patrick Jake O'Rourke was a conservative politicalsatirist, journalist, creative writer and regular on the hit NPR show"Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me” until his death from cancer in 2022.

O’Rourke authored 23books, including the mega-bestseller None of My Business: P.J. ExplainsMoney, Banking, Debt, Equity, Assets, Liabilities, and Why He's Not Richand Neither Are You.   He alsoco-wrote National Lampoon’s 1964 High School Yearbook with DouglasKenney, the book that inspired the movie Animal House.

O’Rourke said judging whoand what people are all about is easy to determine through the writer's art ofobservation. 

“People will tell youanything,” O’Rourke said, “but what they do is always thetruth.”