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• Augusten Burroughs:

  Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

• Augusten Burroughs:

  My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they

• Augusten Burroughs:

  My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.

• Augusten Burroughs:

  Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

• Augusten Burroughs:

  I've just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I'm now working on a collection o

• Augusten Burroughs:

  I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of

• Augusten Burroughs:

  I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and

• Augusten Burroughs:

  I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for

• Augusten Burroughs:

  I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I

• Augusten Burroughs:

  I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outs