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
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.
order giving people
In order for us [people] to progress, we need brilliance and brilliance isn't fair and it's not polite and we can't grow it. It happens. Genius happens and it doesn't always happen in a zip code where we can access it. Therefore, we kind of need [Internet] not to keep tabs on everybody but we need to give them access to everybody else.
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.
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
happens
After was better. Before was only there so After could happen.
beautiful thinking profound
I think that the Internet is our most profound and beautiful achievement. It is magnificent. We have the Internet as a layer of our thinking that doesn't control us, we control it, yet we don't have to be aware of it. It will be like a suit that really fits well.
hate news information
I hate news and information and anything that threatens to puncture the bubble of oblivion in which I live.
problem scissors understood
The problem with not having anybody to tell you what to do, I understood, is that there was nobody to tell you what not to do.
drinking issues alcohol
And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.
jobs stupid people
In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the business, I guess, was presenting to clients. What I enjoyed least were the clients. Worried corporate brand managers, trying to dumb-down their ads for the stupid American population. I hated the disrespect that these people had for "consumers."
fog car world
My window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car.
dog sleep glasses
Dennis looked at the puppy in the window. We both did. It was the oddest thing. Normally, puppies in pet store windows sleep or pee or roll around on top of other dogs. This one ignored us its window-mates and was instead sitting with its nose pressed against the glass, looking at us with an extremely serious little expression on its face. An expression that seemed to me to be saying, "I am a sacred cow. Get out your wallet.
girl jesus children
As a young child I had Santa and Jesus all mixed up. I could identify Coke or Pepsi with just one sip, but I could not tell you for sure why they strapped Santa to a cross. Had he missed a house? Had a good little girl somewhere in the world not received the doll he'd promised her, making the father angry?