Augusten Burroughs Quotes

Even though I was painted, even though I had on seven layers of paint - to the point that I got a tan, it was as thick as a fabric - I think I felt the most naked because I couldn't cover myself at all. I didn't have to, so I had to be much more open and relaxed.

I don't want to have to hide from the world anymore.

There's not any subject the public doesn't know about me. I don't have secrets, and this is so liberating because this makes me free.

I really live my life openly.

I've learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It's very liberating.

I think people understand me, me as a person and what I went through because I kept it on the plate. I never hid nothing. I was never in the closet. I smoked dope, I gang banged, I did this, I did that; whatever I did it was always out.

The freest people I know are those who have the least to hide, defend or protect. Naked is powerful.

I'm pretty transparent and have no problem sharing my weaknesses.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another.

Everybody's a train wreck in their own very special way. But there's something wildly freeing about someone who's unapologetic, who knows they're a wreck and doesn't even try to hide it, just bulldozes through life.

The moment that you feel that just possibly you are walking down the street naked... that's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

Doing social media is a way of not giving in to this inclination to hiding. But instead, I'm teaching myself to feel comfortable about being open.

I have no boundaries. I have nothing to hide.

I think that when you're open, you're at your most powerful.

There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.

I thought if I was open and honest, it would help the reader to get open and honest, and they also would realize sometimes when you write a book, people think you're an expert and that's not always true.

Don't ever feel that you have to hide who you are. Nothing good ever comes from keeping secrets like that.

There’s a greatness in not caring what people think

I've always been very open about it. I've been very open about my addiction, about my panic disorder. But I think that transparency is what can separate you from others because I think that is where comedy is going.

I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.