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> [“The room fell silent. I frankly didn't know what I was going to do to help Eduardo, but I had the sense that he was right- no one else could help him, and without help, all that he'd done would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/the-room-fell-silent-i-frankly-didn-t-know-what-i-was-going-to-do-to/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

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## More by Tod Goldberg

> [I found myself thinking a lot about my own spirituality. What it means to be Jewish, what it means to forgive, what it means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-found-myself-thinking-a-lot-about-my-own-spirituality-what-it-means/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [I think, generally, the flawed anti-hero is much more interesting than the normal hero, and that's really what we're talking about here as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-think-generally-the-flawed-anti-hero-is-much-more-interesting-than/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [I think my philosophy has evolved over the years. I started teaching almost 15 years ago and I've learned that how one student learns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-think-my-philosophy-has-evolved-over-the-years-i-started-teaching/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [We understand a person with problems, someone who is wrong about a lot of things in his or her life, who makes messes. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/we-understand-a-person-with-problems-someone-who-is-wrong-about-a-lot/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [You don't see Los Angeles erecting a museum dedicated to the birth place of the Crips and the Bloods and the Mexican Mafia, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/you-don-t-see-los-angeles-erecting-a-museum-dedicated-to-the-birth/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [“The danger of drawing parallels is that some things are always inequalities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/the-danger-of-drawing-parallels-is-that-some-things-are-always/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [We like the idea of a guy who gets away with it ("it" in this case being a variety of things: murder, robbery, general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/we-like-the-idea-of-a-guy-who-gets-away-with-it-it-in-this-case-being/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [“Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his extremities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/sam-took-another-sip-of-the-pruno-it-went-down-smoother-this-time/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/so-for-a-long-time-i-did-a-lot-of-freelance-writing-in-addition-to/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [The fact is, though, what I think we really like is Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini. We like what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/the-fact-is-though-what-i-think-we-really-like-is-marlon-brando-al/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [“I think you two forgot how to love each other, and that’s just like poison. Worst thing you can do is forgot how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-think-you-two-forgot-how-to-love-each-other-and-that-s-just-like/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/it-s-an-unusual-way-to-write-a-crime-novel-to-have-these-lingering/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [There's an old, private cemetery here in Palm Springs, where I live, just down the street from the airport, that belongs to one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/there-s-an-old-private-cemetery-here-in-palm-springs-where-i-live/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [I was thinking a lot about the aftermath of bad choices, how people deal with the trauma of having survived trauma, if that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-was-thinking-a-lot-about-the-aftermath-of-bad-choices-how-people/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

> [My god, people are selling their work and people are reading it! The horror! That MFA programs have to advertise that they'll let you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/my-god-people-are-selling-their-work-and-people-are-reading-it-the/)

[Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/)

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