You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
P. J. O'RourkeSome people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
P. J. O'RourkeThis is the most elaborate and luxurious method of convincing others that you can cook. Take everybody out on your yacht until they're green in the face. Then you can rave for weeks about your sauce marinara and no one will gainsay you.
P. J. O'RourkeOff they go on this sort of camping trip to Iwo Jima, where they're taken around and shown where all the battles took place. It's very moving. Disgusting little island, though. Still an active volcano. Stinks of sulfur. There are dead Japanese everywhere under that island. It's icky. But I knew I would never have another chance to go, so I took the job.
P. J. O'Rourke