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
drinking giving way
In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole.
usa america today
I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.
giving-up luxury agents
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.
book ideas physics
I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.
writing sitting lines
But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.
father holiday two-sides
I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father.
nice space tables
Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.
writing way
Writing has enriched my life in ways I never imaged.
numbness emotion default
I felt deeply tricked. Stunned. And furious. I also felt my default emotion: numbness.
loss sick missing
I missed him so much that I had physical sensations of loss, all over my body. Like one minute I was missing an arm, the next my spleen. It was making me feel sick, like throwing up.
morning two decision
Most everybody had made at least one bad, drunken decision in their lives. Called an ex at two in the morning. Or perhaps has a little too much to drink on a second date and wept inconsolably while revealing how simply damaged one was, while nonetheless retaining an uncommonly large capacity for love. That kind of thing was, while regrettable, at least comprehensible. But waking up with someone generationally inappropriate, like your grandfather's best buddy?
sincerely
but I am not here ironically; I am here sincerely.
profound lines way
My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to what resided between his lines.
song mistake emotional
My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times.