 He thought it was going to be easy to produce at first, but he looked back on the project as the most difficult of his career at the time.He saw the temptation in taking "three or four of my old bits" and adapting them into a book for a rush release, but he aimed for a quality product with strong material that would help him gain new fans.A typical day saw Stern return home from doing his radio show and write until dinner or around 8 p.m.