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 BurroughsBut I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.
Augusten BurroughsMarriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.
Augusten BurroughsWomen smirk at baldness. How adorable would they find it if they began to lose their breasts in their late twenties? If both tits just shrunk up - unevenly I might add - and eventually turned into wine-cork nubs. Then it would be a different story. Then men would get the pity that they deserve. As far as I'm concerned, baldness is the male breast cancer only worse, because almost everyone gets it. True, it's not life threatening. Just social-life threatening. But in New York City, there is no difference.
Augusten Burroughs