Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers. - Christian Bauman
Harold Bloom weeps for me. - 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, in public. - Christian Bauman
Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read. - Christian Bauman