I realized, that the life of a musician, even of a very lucky, very successful musician, wasn't really the life I wanted: I hate travel, I hate living out of suitcases, I hate the constant anxiety of being on stage.
Garth GreenwellI often say that Bernhard, W.G. Sebald, and Javier Marรญas are my stylistic holy trinity, prose writers who amaze me with their notation of consciousness and voice.
Garth GreenwellI went back to graduate school because I wanted to avoid being a professional, to try to piece together a life that would let me avoid the tenure race and full-time teaching.
Garth GreenwellWhere the novel makes use of material from my life it does so because it's aesthetically convenient, not because of any allegiance it has to any verifiable facts.
Garth Greenwell