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> [I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bauman/i-write-for-the-same-reason-i-read-because-it-s-all-there-is-for-me/)

[Christian Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bauman/)

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## More by Christian Bauman

> [Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bauman/reading-was-a-joy-a-desperately-needed-escape-i-didn-t-read-to-learn/)

[Christian Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bauman/)

> [“Harold Bloom weeps for me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bauman/harold-bloom-weeps-for-me/)

[Christian Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bauman/)

> [Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bauman/writing-is-the-only-art-form-where-a-good-number-of-the-artists-make/)

[Christian Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bauman/)

> [I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bauman/i-write-for-the-same-reason-i-read-because-it-s-all-there-is-for-me/)

[Christian Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bauman/)

> [Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-bauman/literature-simply-becomes-richer-after-you-ve-been-fired-rejected/)

[Christian Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-bauman/)

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