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
suicide hate believe
If you believe suicide will bring you peace, or at the very least just an end to everything you hate- you are displaying self-caring behavior. You are still able to actively seek solutions to your problems. You are willing to go to great lengths to provide what you believe will be soothing to yourself. This strikes me as optimistic.
dream lonely thinking
I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn't have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams.
knows complexes fascinating
All of us are richer and more fascinating and more complex than we can ever know.
loss dark doe
And I hope she does not live in a dark world. Because even the most terrible loss doesn't have to make you darker; it can make you deeper.
new-york cities people
When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.
writing npr
And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.
book giving giving-and-receiving
I love to both give and receive very old books.
writing effort alive
I never question the way I write. Writing is the only thing that's without seams for me. It's an effort to talk because my pictures have to be turned into these sounds. It's an effort to be alive. It's work. But writing is wonderful.
writing listening-to-music
I never listen to music when I write.
thinking want junkie
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.
years way advertising
I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it.
adversity today gains
I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and they make you the person you are today.
creative trying needs
The truth about not having everything you need, not being fully equipped or qualified or allowed is that these limits are the nebula of creative genius. When you have total freedom i.e: no limits at all. You stop trying to make the best of things
children puppy
Never work with children, puppies or bulimics.