“One of the things I liked about her [Dorothy] was that she had long fingernails that she would carefully manicure and paint… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and… — Augusten Burroughs Being nice Copy Share Image
But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair. — Augusten Burroughs Chairs Copy Share Image
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents… — Augusten Burroughs Agents Copy Share Image
“And as soon as I thought this, I tried to think of something else quickly. Because we were so close that I… — Augusten Burroughs Psychology Copy Share Image
“My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron. Other people sound… — Augusten Burroughs Creative Copy Share Image
(The new boyfriend) knows I write every day for hours but has no idea that all I’m writing about is me. It… — Augusten Burroughs Alcoholics Copy Share Image
After I got my coffee, I leaned against a stop sign and sipped, pretending it was a normal day and I was… — Augusten Burroughs Coffee Copy Share Image
“George had been surprised by my ability to leave him. He had not seen that in me.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, this word fills me with a sense of sadness I haven't felt since childhood. The kind of sadness you feel at… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV,… — Augusten Burroughs Court Copy Share Image
I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. — Augusten Burroughs Flaws Copy Share Image
I don't really think of my blog as a real blog. It's a lame blog. It's more like my when-the-mood-strikes update, or… — Augusten Burroughs Blogs Copy Share Image
Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen. — Augusten Burroughs Decided Copy Share Image
“The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with… — Augusten Burroughs Children Copy Share Image
I love you," she said, and I knew she meant it because she spoke the words from the heart at the center… — Augusten Burroughs Behinds Copy Share Image
“Truth is not an opinion. It’s a force like gravity. It’s the most valuable substance known to man.” — Augusten Burroughs Known To Man Copy Share Image
“Dorothy viewed my mother's propensity toward madness not as something to be afraid of, but rather as something to look forward to,… — Augusten Burroughs Mother Copy Share Image
Most of us have love in our lives. Most of us love other people are are ourselves loved by others. But make… — Augusten Burroughs Born Copy Share Image
I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren't good for you. — Augusten Burroughs I love him Copy Share Image
“I felt absolutely nothing. It was like a door quickly opened, showing me what horrible feelings I had inside, and then slammed… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“If you have one parent who loves you, even if they can't buy you clothes, they're so poor and they make all… — Augusten Burroughs Failure Copy Share Image
