Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Because here is the truth: If you want to have a chance at meeting somebody with whom you are genuinely compatible, never… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don't want to catch whatever he has. He is a disturbing… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
What I really want is to sit next to someone under an L.L. bean blanket on the beach in the fall and… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think people might think, oh, I don't want to approach the big famous author because it's embarrassing, but then they think… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I suppose home is, for me, more of a state of mind. It's really more of about being where I want to… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I don't worry about anything in the Internet age. I have been online since I was aware of it: 1985 in San… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I told myself, 'All I want is a normal life'. But was that true? I wasn't so sure. Because there was a… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is nothing about myself that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“You must hang onto the scraps of the bucking moment as if your sanity and life depended on it - because actually they do.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
If you hate your life, you haven't' seen enough of it. If you hate your life, it's because your life is too small and… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I think part of the reason I'm attracted to Foster is because he's such a mess. I mean, the people I have loved in… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“On typical days, (dust) is simply irritating. On Roid Rage days, it made me want to stomp down to the highway, pull drivers out… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways. — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Nothing surprises me now," I tell him. I am stoic. I am Joan of Arc, with liver damage and an unused penis.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
