Life's Operating Manual, by Tom Shadyac

Tom Shadyac's Life's Operating Manual

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 26, 2013

Tom Shadyac, the director behind the hit movies "Ace Venture: Pet Detective"; "The Nutty Professor"; "Liar, Liar"; "Patch Adams"; and "Bruce Almighty," talks about how a brush with death made him change the way he sees the world. His book Life’s Operating Manual: With the Fear and Truth Dialogues is s a series of essays and dialogues that look at the way we should live our lives.

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