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Category: Augusten Burroughs

3 December 2020 Augusten Burroughs

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

3 December 2020 Augusten Burroughs

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

3 December 2020 Augusten Burroughs

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.

3 December 2020 Augusten Burroughs

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.

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