The Memoirs of an Amnesiac explained

The Memoirs of an Amnesiac is the autobiography of composer, radio, and television personality Oscar Levant.^[1] Published in 1965 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, it a best-seller, following a quarter-century after his first book, A Smattering of Ignorance.^[2]

Levant intersperses his reminisces about Hollywood in its heyday with one-liners and pithy quotes by himself and others.

Notes and References

1. News: Green . Abel . 1965-08-08 . The Prank Was King; THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC. By Oscar Levant. 320 pp. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. $5.95. . 2024-02-22 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
2. Web site: Whitcomb . Ian . 1994-06-12 . Such Happy Songs : Oscar Levant dreamed of making great music, instead he became a genius of talk : The Life and Times of Oscar Levant, By Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger (Villard Books: $25; 518 pp.) . 2024-02-22 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.