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title: "1 Characters Tend Quotes By Tom Barbash"
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> [My characters tend, if wounded, to be emotionally resourceful. Often they're in that way station between when loss happens and when it can be fully comprehended. In the meantime they're fighting to get something back, and occasionally they prevail in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/my-characters-tend-if-wounded-to-be-emotionally-resourceful-often/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

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## More by Tom Barbash

> [Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/susan-rebecca-white-has-a-keen-sense-for-how-her-characters-talk-and/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [One good thing the teaching has given me is the ability to read and revise my own work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/one-good-thing-the-teaching-has-given-me-is-the-ability-to-read-and/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [My characters tend, if wounded, to be emotionally resourceful. Often they're in that way station between when loss happens and when it can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/my-characters-tend-if-wounded-to-be-emotionally-resourceful-often/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/of-course-i-d-sometimes-have-characters-from-downstate-living-upstate/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-ll-write-about-california-someday-i-imagine-but-i-don-t-know-when/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I went back into the older stories and reworked them, because I became a better writer over the years and could spot flaws. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-went-back-into-the-older-stories-and-reworked-them-because-i-became/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I tend to listen to my friends and family empathetically, and I try to help work through their problems from the inside. I try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-tend-to-listen-to-my-friends-and-family-empathetically-and-i-try-to/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/being-a-reporter-took-me-out-of-myself-and-that-shaped-me-as-a-writer/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-m-always-relearning-things-i-thought-i-d-learned-for-good-a-while/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-think-narrators-expect-a-high-level-of-intimacy-with-their-readers/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-believe-that-we-can-access-stories-and-voices-from-those-around-us/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character and asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-think-the-second-or-outsider-s-perspective-can-come-as-you-layer-a/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I think it's probably better to make a region your own, and then maybe you can go somewhere else, but a lot of great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-think-it-s-probably-better-to-make-a-region-your-own-and-then-maybe/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I'm suspicious of epiphanies, because they so rarely last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-m-suspicious-of-epiphanies-because-they-so-rarely-last/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

> [I think writers tend to hear a different message from the ones our friends and acquaintances intend. We see what's revealed, which makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-barbash/i-think-writers-tend-to-hear-a-different-message-from-the-ones-our/)

[Tom Barbash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-barbash/)

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