A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even though that's what it's all about. Augusten Burroughs More Quotes by Augusten Burroughs More Quotes From Augusten Burroughs With my own memoirs, they are truthful, and I write everything fully expecting to some day end up televised on Court TV, and I'm fully prepared to be challenged legally on it. Everything I write is the truth and I know that I would win. Augusten Burroughs tvs winning writing I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."] Augusten Burroughs chickens greek littles I think people might think, oh, I don't want to approach the big famous author because it's embarrassing, but then they think for two seconds about it and realize, this is, like, a toilet bowl reader. Augusten Burroughs two people thinking It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover. Augusten Burroughs successful wise book Writing has enriched my life in ways I never imaged. Augusten Burroughs writing way I never could have written the screenplay because I would have been forced to learn new software and I can't learn one more thing. Augusten Burroughs screenplays has-beens software I tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors. Augusten Burroughs admire stories fiction The most important thing for a writer to do is to write. It really doesn't matter what you write as long as you are able to write fluidly, very quickly, very effortlessly. It needs to become not second nature but really first nature to you. And read; you need to read and you need to read excellent books and then some bad books. Not as many bad books, but some bad books, so that you can see what both look like and why both are what they are. Augusten Burroughs writing long book I don't think writers - in general - ever achieve the fame of movie stars. For the simple reason that only a fraction of the population reads. But I guess there are exceptions. Augusten Burroughs stars simple thinking I'm always prepared for the worst. Augusten Burroughs prepared worst In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the business, I guess, was presenting to clients. What I enjoyed least were the clients. Worried corporate brand managers, trying to dumb-down their ads for the stupid American population. I hated the disrespect that these people had for "consumers." Augusten Burroughs stupid jobs people In order for us [people] to progress, we need brilliance and brilliance isn't fair and it's not polite and we can't grow it. It happens. Genius happens and it doesn't always happen in a zip code where we can access it. Therefore, we kind of need [Internet] not to keep tabs on everybody but we need to give them access to everybody else. Augusten Burroughs giving order people A lot of people can be afraid of the masking because people can misrepresent themselves [in the Internet] and they can pose as people they're not. Well, yeah; that's true. That's one side of it. But the other side of it is that it equalizes you and if you happen to be a person who is not equal in the eyes of the greater society that's a damn good thing. Augusten Burroughs eye sides people I don't worry about anything in the Internet age. I have been online since I was aware of it: 1985 in San Francisco. It has changed everything in my life. I would not want to even be alive in an era that did not have it because it is essential to our evolution as a species. Augusten Burroughs san-francisco age worry The thing for someone just starting off [in writing] is to write. You need to have limber fingers, whether you write with your fingers or you type on your laptop, but you need to have a limber mind and you need to be able to write without judging what you've written, at least right away, and without editing right away. Augusten Burroughs judging editing writing There is nothing about myself that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person or in print. There is great freedom in not caring what other people think. Augusten Burroughs caring writing thinking I could write another collection of personal essays from what has happened to me in the last year alone. I don't seek out my material - it finds me. I am magnetic, somehow. Augusten Burroughs lasts writing years If I were blind I'd rather have another blind person leading me around because they know what I'm dealing with and they're experiencing the same things. Augusten Burroughs leading-me blind persons You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on. Augusten Burroughs giving moving thinking I've learned how to turn the adversities in my life into enriching experiences. You can actually gain a lot from adversities and they make you the person you are today. Augusten Burroughs gains adversity today
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