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Augusten Burroughs is an American writer born on October 23, 1965. Known for his memoirs, his works, such as 'Dry' and 'Running with Scissors,' have gained widespread popularity and critical acclaim.

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“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.”

People Kind Cities New York Seven Hips New York City Piercings Wacky

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“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.”

“Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.”

People Long Interesting

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“Applause is a constant thing in AA. It's how we buy drinks for each other.”

Drink Constant Applause

Book:Dry: A Memoir

Source: Dry: A Memoir

“I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.”

Way Guy Taxes Conservative Boring Dentist

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“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.”

People Knows Lying Hunger Desperate Mislead

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“My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective.”

Thinking Mean Mother Father Parent Levels Television Beats Hatred Abuse Scary Physical Abuse

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“You manufacture beauty with your mind”

Mind

Book:This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

Source: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

“You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.”

Different Inspiration Alive Goodbye Saying Goodbye

Book:This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

Source: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

“As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.”

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Author:Augusten Burroughs

“I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.”

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Author:Augusten Burroughs

“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.”

Today America Worst Months Newspapers Odd Usa Flattering Weird Places

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“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.”

Giving Writing Giving Up Agents Luxury Rejected Publishers Discouraged

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.”

Writing Down And Ritual

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“But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.”

Writing I Can Lines Rooms Sitting Standing Chairs Dentist Standing Alone Motels Standing In Line

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“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.”

Wells Stories Next Father Sides Effects Finished Memoir Collections Holiday Two Sides Side Effects

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“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.”

Use Space Rooms Pay Nice Tables Bills Being Nice

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“But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.”

Band My Favorite Chicago Favorite Bands

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“Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.”

Writing Happens Decided

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“Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.”

Want Reader Memoir Being True

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“And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.”

Writing Npr

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“I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen.”

Ifs Writing Years Book Might Happens Felt Months Six Understood Worthy Forty Sixty Six Months Publication Great Book New Books

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“I love to both give and receive very old books.”

Giving Book Giving And Receiving Old Books

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“I never listen to music when I write.”

Writing Listening To Music

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.”

Thinking Want Writing Junkie Outside Looking In

Author:Augusten Burroughs

“I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it.”

Knows Way Years Advertising Hated

Author:Augusten Burroughs

About the Author

Born: October 23, 1965
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 276

Books & Sources

This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.Related source material

Running with Scissors: A MemoirRelated source material

Dry: A MemoirRelated source material

DryRelated source material

Possible Side EffectsRelated source material

Magical ThinkingRelated source material

A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My FatherRelated source material

Running With ScissorsRelated source material

You Better Not Cry: True Stories for ChristmasRelated source material

Magical Thinking: True StoriesRelated source material

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