Garth Stein
Garth Stein
Garth Stein is an American author and film producer from Seattle, Washington. Widely known as the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Stein is also a documentary film maker, playwright, teacher, and amateur racer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 December 1964
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
rain elements embrace
She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.
rain want eggshells
Very gently. Like there are eggshells on your pedals, and you don’t want to break them. That’s how you drive in the rain.
together saws firsts
The first time I saw you,' he says, 'I knew we belonged together.
use gestures impossible
Can we not will ourselves to achieve the impossible? Can we not use the power of our life force to change something: one small thing, one insignificant moment, one breath, one gesture? Is there nothing we can do to change what is around us?
dog believe men
I’ll give you a theory: Man’s closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog.
moving interpretation difficult
It’s so hard to communicate because there are so many moving parts. There’s presentation and there’s interpretation and they’re so dependent on each other it makes things very difficult.
responsibility may problem
Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.
inevitable visible
The visible becomes inevitable...
eye past differences
And it is clear to Evan, now: the difference between what is and what has been done; the present and the past. He sees that what he does and who he is isn't based on the past unless he wants it to be... No. That is the past, which has been seen differently through many different eyes and has become hazy and unclear, like a pond when stirred with a stick. Only the present moment is clear and free from prejudice.
race long crash
The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.
believe soul want
My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.
gestures sometimes
Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.
existence
We are all afforded our physical existence so we can learn about ourselves.
people sometimes ritual
People and their rituals. They cling to things so hard sometimes.