Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Xon Burroughsis an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth23 October 1965
CountryUnited States of America
believe miracle matter
Miracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.
splinters grain happens
This is what happens when you go against the grain of truth. You get splinters later on.
knows deserve
I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn't deserve it.
writing caring thinking
There is nothing about MYSELF that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person or in print. There is great freedom in not caring what other people think.
wall sadness home
I felt a bottomless sadness. So completely alone. Like one of my stuffed animals at home that I was too old for now, that sat on the shelf in my closet, mashed against the back wall.
trying bottles faces
My thoughts seem thick, ketchup stuck in a bottle. Like trying to feel someone's face while wearing goosedown mittens.
want being-true reader
Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.
running writing knowing
I never get sick of writing my own stories because there's a certain comfort in knowing you will never run out of material. It's relaxing, actually, to write.
writing decided happens
Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.
new-york cancer wine
Women smirk at baldness. How adorable would they find it if they began to lose their breasts in their late twenties? If both tits just shrunk up - unevenly I might add - and eventually turned into wine-cork nubs. Then it would be a different story. Then men would get the pity that they deserve. As far as I'm concerned, baldness is the male breast cancer only worse, because almost everyone gets it. True, it's not life threatening. Just social-life threatening. But in New York City, there is no difference.
interesting long people
Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.
drink applause constant
Applause is a constant thing in AA. It's how we buy drinks for each other.
guy way conservative
I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.
lying people hunger
I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.