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
blow air doors
The truth is humbling, terrifying, and often exhilarating. It blows the doors off the hinges and fills the world with fresh air.
believe unique soul
I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar.
dream sky kites
You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.
trying killing killing-yourself
Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.
past mind your-past
You cannot be a prisoner of your past against your will. Because you can only live in the past inside your mind.
school rehab facts
The most mortifying fact of my life is something that happened when I was fourteen and I have never admitted to anyone: not to friends nor therapists; not even in rehab when we were detailing our own personal spirals of shame did I confess. It is this: I am a graduate of the Barbizon School of Modeling.
curiosity misery fast-food
Our lives are one endless stretch of misery punctuated by processed fast foods and the occasional crisis or amusing curiosity.
book thinking feet
But then, look at me. My brain is incorrectly formed, and I'm shaped like a tube. Plus, I'm an alcoholic, a "survivor" of childhood sexual abuse, was raised in a cult and have no education. So, really, if you think about it, the only thing that separates me from the guy with the stinky foot and no teeth is a book deal and some cologne.
salad bars phobia
It was a salad bar of phobias
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.
spiritual doors pudding
No matter your spiritual beliefs, if you hold any, the answer is the same: sometimes, why is not knowable. If you open the refrigerator door and a tub of Kozy Shack tapioca pudding tumbles out and splats open onto the floor, you clean it. You don’t stand there and question why it happened, how it was possible. Why doesn’t matter now.
blind leading-me persons
If I were blind I'd rather have another blind person leading me around because they know what I'm dealing with and they're experiencing the same things.
weight-loss willpower ready
If you find you require willpower, you aren't ready to lose weight.
creativity home light
Perfection is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. If you are a perfectionist, at least stop telling everybody you're one and try to get over it yourself, alone in your home with the lights off