Augusten Burroughs Quotes

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.

Augusten Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1965

Topics

FatherRelationshipHolidayPossible

I love looking back at my old pictures and pictures of my grandma and my mom and see how they expressed themselves at different parts of their lives, and it just tells an interesting story, so why not play around?

Jillian Hervey

LoveMomLooking BackLookingStory

Joe Morgan was the one guy that absolutely put our team really over the top. ... Then we had George Foster come in; Ken Griffey Sr. was as good a two-place hitter as there has ever been in the game, and Cesar Geronimo won four Gold Glove awards. I mean, how could you ask for a better team?

Johnny Bench

GoodTeamGoldGameBetterYou

I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up.

Sonny Bill Williams

YouSayUpSeenGuessMatured

It's not OK to fail. It's that things can fail and absolutely will go wrong - just keep trying, keep trying, keep trying.

Tosca Musk

TryingWrongGoWillThingsFail

Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion.

Brian Chesky

PassionCultureDoingWaySomething

Most of the work that I have done for the American Hollywood things have not been in Hollywood. The studios are going out in Europe or around the place working.

Ciaran Hinds

WorkAmericanPlaceDoneHollywood

I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward.

Anne Tyler

WritingPersonalShyTalkOutFound

I don't want everyone to read anything; I like us all reading different books.

Penn Jillette

ReadingWantEveryoneAnythingUs

There is nothing like youth.

Tiny Tim

YouthNothingLike

Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.

Marissa Mayer

DayAmazingWorldStoryPowerful

On two occasions, utility executives I'd never met had looked at me and said, 'I thought you'd be bigger!' In a way, I took that as a compliment!

Lynn Good

MeThoughtYouSaidComplimentWay

My grandfather can barely even hear, and Chevy Chase makes a face, and he laughs.

Gillian Jacobs

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