?A lively tale of growing up lower-middle-class in Brooklyn; a gossipy account of scrambling up the comedy ladder from tabloid gag writer to Oscar winner . . . This memoir is for the most part a pleasure to read and entertaining company. . . . You?d have to be a real sourpuss not to laugh at the fusillade of one-liners, two-liners, three-liners and so on.??Peter Biskind, Los Angeles Times ?He has an authentic and easygoing voice on the page.??New York Times ?It?s a fantastic book, so funny. . . ...