The beloved Back to the Future star and New York Times –bestselling author shares the life lessons that became the foundation of his education. Michael J. Fox abandoned high school to pursue an acting career, but went on to receive honorary degrees from several universities and garner the highest accolades for his acting, as well as for his writing. In A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future , Michael draws on his own life experiences to make a case that real learning happens when "life goes skidding sideways." He writes of coming to Los Angeles from Canada at age eighteen and attempting to make his way as an actor. Fox offers up a comically skewed take on how, in his own way, he fulfilled the requirements of a college syllabus. He learned Economics as a starving artist; an unexpected turn as a neophyte activist schooled him in Political Science; and his approach to Comparative Literature involved stacking books up against their movie versions. Replete with personal stories and hilarious anecdotes, full of his trademark optimism, warmth, and humor, Michael J. Fox's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future is the perfect gift for graduates, inspiring and motivating them to recognize opportunities, maximize their abilities, and roll with the punches.