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
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.
white would-be fabric
Life would be fabric-softener, tuna-salad-on-white, PTA-meeting normal.
adversity today gains
I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and they make you the person you are today.
hate sobriety feelings
I hate feelings. Why does sobriety have to come with feelings?
mother iron cairo
My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron.
hair red red-hair
Red hair is great. It's rare, and therefore superior.
moving thinking giving
You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on.
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.
thinking two people
I think people might think, oh, I don't want to approach the big famous author because it's embarrassing, but then they think for two seconds about it and realize, this is, like, a toilet bowl reader.
mother crazy kitchen
My mother began to go crazy. Not in a 'Let's paint the kitchen red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwhich, I am God' sort of way.
believe miracle matter
Miracles do happen. You must believe this. No matter what else you believe about life, you must believe in miracles.