'It's the conversation between writer and reader'

 

“The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learnthrough school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization, plotand dialogue and pacing and word choice and point of view. Then there's alsothe art of it which is sort of the unknown, the inspiration, the stuff that isnoncerebral.” – GarthStein
Born on this date in 1964 in Los Angeles, Stein was raised in Seattle where he lives and works as a writer and documentary filmmaker who has directed, edited or produced many award-winning films.  He is perhaps best known as the author of The Art ofRacing in the Rain, which has sold more than 4 million copies in 35languages, and spent several years on the New York Times bestseller list.
 
Stein also isco-founder of Seattle7Writers, a non-profit organization dedicated to energizingreaders and writers and their communities by providing funding, programming,and donations of free books to those in need, and generally inspiring enthusiasmfor reading.
“I'm a writer because I lovereading. I love the conversation between a reader and a writer, and that it alltakes place in a book--sort of a neutral ground. A writer puts down the words,and a reader interprets the words, and every reader will read a bookdifferently. I love that.”