In a series of wonderful essays, Evan Handler gives himself up to us - warts and all. To our amusement and bemusement we share in his emotional growth as he struggles to mature. I not only laughed along with him but felt that I too had grown a little along the way. Who could ask for more?

I had more material on weather than anyone else, I guess, ... back when I was traveling a lot on the road as a standup comic, between airport security and the weather... I just wanted to be prepared for sitting in the airport.

The fine line that you do when you do political comedy is, as long as you have that laugh, you're fine.

When you're done [with writing a book], people tell you "Well, gee, I'm not interested." "Great, I'm glad I sat down and wrote this!"

If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer.

Parenting isn't just parenting your own child.

I like my friends because they make me feel normal, even though I'm not.