Quote by Augusten Burroughs
Ive just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and I

Ive just finished my next collection, Possible Side Effects, and Im now working on a collection of holiday stories as well as a memoir about my relationship with my father. – Augusten Burroughs

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My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse – my mother would beat up my father, basically – and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. – Augusten Burroughs

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The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. Its 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. – Augusten Burroughs

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I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground. – Elton John

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I like to write with people I have a relationship with otherwise its kind of scary, and you hold back because you dont want to pour your guts out to someone you never met. – Miranda Lambert

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I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder. – Cicely Tyson

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Any son of a dictator, Im sure, has major issues with their relationship with their father. – Dominic Cooper

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