 1978's "Citizen Paul" is a remembrance of his father, Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper editor Paul Schoenstein.Schoenstein was also the ghostwriter of a number of books for celebrities like Joan Rivers, Ed McMahon, and Bill Cosby ("Fatherhood" and "Time Flies").He was a frequent contributor to "The New Yorker", "The New York Times", "New York Daily News", "Newsday", and "Playboy".