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
real emotional giving
Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping.
advice medication insight
Truthfulness itself is almost medication, even when it’s served without advice or insight.
love-you heart spokes
I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center of her chest. This, at least, had not been left behind at the hospital.
book names vision
When I first thought of being a writer I had visions of stacks of books in stores with my name on them, that sort of thing. But I never imagined this would be the reaction.
arms seven should
Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.
mother night thinking
I couldn't help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open-mic night at a Greenwich Village café.
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.
memories compassion drunk
I am prone to envy. It is one of my three default emotions, the others being greed and rage. I have also experienced compassion and generosity, but only fleetingly and usually while drunk, so I have little memory.
book giving giving-and-receiving
I love to both give and receive very old books.
hate sobriety feelings
I hate feelings. Why does sobriety have to come with feelings?
hair red red-hair
Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior.
children puppy
Never work with children, puppies or bulimics.
stars quality genius
I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality.
feelings paper body
You have an incredible body." He reaches out to touch my stomach. I feel no pleasure in his compliment or his touch, only impatience. This is the only feeling. I feel like the paper on which my mood chart is printed.