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
fate race track
A winner, a champion, will accept his fate. He will continue with his wheels in the dirt. He will do his best to maintain his line and gradually get himself back on the track when it is safe to do so. Yes, he loses a few places in the race. Yes, he is at a disadvantage. But he i A winner, a champion, will accept his fate. He will continue with his wheels in the dirt. He will do his best to maintain his line and gradually get himself back on the track when it is safe to do so. Yes, he loses a few places in the race. Yes, he is at a disadvantage. But he is still racing. He is still alive
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.
race long firsts
[T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish.
dog race people
People, like dogs, love repetition. Chasing a ball, lapping a course in a race car, sliding down a slide. Because as much as each incident is similar, so it is different.
race racing firsts
This is a rule of racing: No race has ever been won in the first corner; many have been lost there.
inspirational race racing
There is no dishonor in losing the race. There is only dishonor in not racing because you are afraid to lose.
gotta
I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.
goofy
Our dog, Comet, is a Lab/poodle mix. She's goofy and silly and sweet.
heaven
...you have to reach for things beyond your grasp, or what is heaven for
mistake desire shunning
And I wonder: Have I squandered my dogness? Have I forsaken my nature for my desires? Have I made a mistake by anticipating my future and shunning my present?
eye car host
Your car goes where your eyes go. Lonliness is unable to survive without a willing host.
rain destiny mastery
I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was afraid. She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of the rain; a racer should embrace the rain. I, alone, could manifest a change around me. By changing my mood, my energy, I allowed Eve to regard me differently. And while I cannot say that I am a master of my own destiny, I can say that I have experienced a glimpse of mastery, and I know what I have to work toward.
want wanted
What I want now is what I've always wanted.
believe i-believe sometimes
Sometimes I believe...Sometimes I really do believe.