'The Writer's Art of Observation'

 

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

Born in Toledo, OH on Nov. 14, 1947 Patrick Jake O'Rourke was a conservative political satirist, 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 23 books, including the mega-bestseller None of My Business: P.J. Explains Money, Banking, Debt, Equity, Assets, Liabilities, and Why He's Not Rich and Neither Are You.   He also co-wrote National Lampoon’s 1964 High School Yearbook with Douglas Kenney, the book that inspired the movie Animal House.

O’Rourke said judging who and what people are all about is easy to determine through the writer's art of observation. 

“People will tell you anything,” O’Rourke said, “but what they do is always the truth.”