Augusten Xon Burroughs (born October 23, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002). Read full biography of Augusten Burroughs →
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... →
But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.
Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.
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... →
I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading... →
I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.
There's never a false note in a Berg novel.
And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing.
Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.
But my favorite band is Curbside Life, out of Chicago.
I love to both give and receive very old books.
I never listen to music when I write.
My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day.
Augusten Xon Burroughs (born October 23, 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002).