P. J. O'Rourke Quotes:
Ocupation: Satirist
Life: b. November 14, 1947
Birthday: November 14
I like the fact that they still run substantive pieces. I'm not sure I like the pieces, but it's nice that they do that. Anyway, it was always sort of ridiculous, me having anything to do with the youth culture, but now that I'm in my 50s, it's extra-double-ridiculous. They were losing interest in me, and I was losing interest in them. When I went to renegotiate my contract at Rolling Stone, I kind of halfheartedly asked if I could do half the work for half the money, and they asked if I could do two-thirds of the work for half the money. I ran that by my agent, since he can do math.
source: Source: www.avclub.com
topic: Running, Nice, Math, Losing Interest, Youth Culture
