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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.

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

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I'm like the guy who prepares your taxes or a dentist. I'm very conservative and boring in a lot of ways.

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I was in advertising for years. That was cushy, you know? It's pretty cushy in a lot of ways, but I hated it.

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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.

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I really look at my childhood as being one giant rusty tuna can that I continue to recycle in many different shapes.

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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 them.

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Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.

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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.

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As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward.

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