“Politics can not only be drudgery and Captain Queeg with the balls in his hands.” Quote by John Kasich
“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 up.” WritingSometimesCharacterCoursesGrewGrew Up 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 loved having another chance to make them stronger, and to bring them closer to me, made them less like a greatest hits compilation, and more like something written in the same extended burst.” YearsMadeStoriesChanceWrittenStrongerSpotsFlawsLike SomethingAnother ChanceCompilation 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 fully comprehended. In the meantime they're fighting to get something back, and occasionally they prevail in surprising ways.” IfsWayCharacterHappensFightingLossStationsSurprisingWoundedResourceful Author:Tom Barbash
“I had written about a small hamlet upstate, and had been called into a meeting about my story, which, as it turned out, had upset a lot of people.” PeopleStoriesWrittenMeetingsUpset Author:Tom Barbash
“Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer.” Reporters 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 dangerous.” ThinkingDifferentDangerousMessagesAcquaintance Author:Tom Barbash
“I'm suspicious of epiphanies, because they so rarely last.” LastsSuspiciousEpiphany Author:Tom Barbash
“Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone.” PeopleYoungNumbersStudyGrewInternetPercentUniversityDuesGamblingExposurePennsylvaniaUniversity Of Pennsylvania Author:Spencer Bachus