My only ritual is to just sit down and write, write every day. Augusten Burroughs dayritualsit Change image and share on social
Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen. Augusten Burroughs decidehappenknow Change image and share on social
I never listen to music when I write. Augusten Burroughs listenmusicwrite Change image and share on social
I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways. Augusten Burroughs boreconservativedentist Change image and share on social
Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true. Augusten Burroughs memoirreadreader Change image and share on social
And I tend to listen to NPR when I'm not writing. Augusten Burroughs listennprtend Change image and share on social
I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen. Augusten Burroughs bookconfidentcontinue share on social
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 childchildhooddeprave Change image and share on social
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 experiencejunkietend Change image and share on social
