Are you one of those people who says on a first date, 'I'm really not in a hurry to meet somebody, I figure if it happens, it happens'? Because those are the most desperate people of all. I'm just saying this so that if you are this person, you aren't hiding it from anybody. There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.

Some of his childhood experiences were chronicled in Running with Scissors (2002) which was later filmed. Burroughs divides time between New York City and Amherst Massachusetts. The Turcottes who alleged that Running with Scissors was largely fictional and written in a sensational manner sought damages of $2 million for invasion of privacy defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Augusten Xon Burroughs (born October 23 1965 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) is an American writer known for his New York Times bestselling memoir Running with Scissors (2002).