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> [I tend to listen to my friends and family empathetically, and I try to help work through their problems from the inside. I try to adopt their thinking.](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/)

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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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