Augusten Burroughs

Augusten Burroughs is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002).

Date of birth:
23rd October, 1965
"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."
― Augusten Burroughs
Topic(s): Relationship
"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."
― Augusten Burroughs
Topic(s): Relationship
"I think people tend to see the bigger point, which is maybe not fitting in and feeling like you didn’t have the childhood that you expected you would have, or that you felt lonely or struggled with drugs and alcohol or just that you were able to achieve your dreams."
― Augusten Burroughs
Topic(s): Dreams
"Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting."
― Augusten Burroughs
Topic(s): Marriage
"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."
― Augusten Burroughs
Topic(s): Cool

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