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Augusten Burroughs

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

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These are some quotes by American author Augusten Burroughs Writer, who was born on October 23, 1965.

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As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

Augusten Burroughs

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I think writers tend to be experience junkies, and I think they also tend to want to be on the outside looking in.

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

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But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

Augusten Burroughs

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I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

Joe Eszterhas

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I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.

Ann Bancroft

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I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school.

Daniel Tammet

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