# Best title for an (auto)biography? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278 "2009-08-13T13:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/1 "2009-08-13T13:08:48Z")
I like: _Things I Did and Things I Think I Did_, by filmmaker Jean Negulesco _I, Shithead_, by punk rocker Joey Keithley _The Kid Stays in the Picture_, by producer/former child star Robert Evans ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/2 "2009-08-13T13:32:49Z")
I’ve never read any of these books, but I like the titles: “Please Don’t Shoot My Dog, Mister” by former child star Jackie Cooper “Leading With My Chin” by Jay Leno “I Can’t Wait Until Tomorrow, Cause I Get Better Looking Every Day” by Joe Namath ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/3 "2009-08-13T13:59:48Z")
_Me_ by Katharine Hepburn. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/4 "2009-08-13T14:09:08Z")
Leonard Nimoy’s two autobiographies, _I Am Not Spock_ and the followup, _I Am Spock_. ---
**Author:** ![BKReporter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@BKReporter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BKReporter)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/5 "2009-08-13T14:32:16Z")
“I’m Fuckin’ In, You’re Fuckin’ Out” by Kenny Powers. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/6 "2009-08-13T14:32:48Z")
_This is Me, Jack Vance!_ by **Jack Vance**. It’s subtitled _(Or, More Properly, This is ‘I’)_ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/7 "2009-08-13T14:41:04Z")
_ **Born Standing Up** _ - by Steve Martin. And the book is a very thoughtful look at how he started of with, in his mind, no real talent for standup and just willed his act into creation - so title has layers to it… ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/8 "2009-08-13T14:43:03Z")
“If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor” - Bruce Campbell. “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea” - Chelsea Handler Haven’t read the second one, so I can only assume that it is an autobiography. Both are great titles, anyway…TRM ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/9 "2009-08-13T14:44:05Z")
My name escapes me. by Sir Alec Guiness. ( not really a bio, but very charming.) ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/10 "2009-08-13T14:58:52Z")
“Surprised by Joy”- C.S. Lewis ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/11 "2009-08-13T15:18:01Z")
Not really an AB…but the title would work! Everyone is Entitled to My Opinion (David Brinkley) ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/12 "2009-08-13T15:28:06Z")
_Things the Grandchildren Should Know_, by Mark Oliver Everett, better known as E from the _Eels_. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/13 "2009-08-13T15:29:00Z")
For a biography, I like the title of Fawn Brodie’s book about Joseph Smith (founder of the Mormons): _No Man Knows My History_. Since she was a woman, I guess there’s no problem there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/14 "2009-08-13T15:52:25Z")
_Moab Is My Washpot_, by Stephen Fry (a Psalmic reference to, I believe, how the early events of Fry’s life, during which he was rather naughty, helped shape him into a more upstanding person) – a very enjoyable book. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/15 "2009-08-13T16:04:04Z")
I haven’t read it, but I always liked the title _Starving for Attention,_ which was Cherry Boone’s (Pat’s daughter) memoir about her anorexia/bulimia. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/16 "2009-08-13T16:33:19Z")
The working title for Pete Townshend’s autobiography is _“Who He?”_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/17 "2009-08-13T16:50:30Z")
A guy I work with wants to name his _Acquaintances: People I Couldn’t Avoid_. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/18 "2009-08-13T17:07:58Z")
I still like Fawn Brody’s bio of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith: **No Man Knows my History** – the title is a quote from one of Smith’s speeches\* Fawn Brody, of course, is a woman. \*Yes, a Speech. Not a sermon, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/19 "2009-08-13T17:13:48Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I still like Fawn Brody’s bio of Mormon prophet Joseph Smith: **No Man Knows my History** – the title is a quote from one of Smith’s speeches\* > > Fawn Brody, of course, is a woman. > > \*Yes, a Speech. Not a sermon, IIRC. Heh. Beat you to both the cite and the joke. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278/20 "2009-08-13T17:15:39Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > “Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea” - Chelsea Handler Great title, but it’s actually a book of humorous essays. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-title-for-an-auto-biography/506278.md?page=2)