Top 20 Elin Hilderbrand Quotes

I’m not going to give quotes about inventing the ‘beach book,’ but I was certainly at the forefront of it.

Iowa City is okay as Midwestern cities go, but there’s no food, no culture, no ocean.

I live a life very similar to my characters in that I live a full-blown summer fantasy from June to September. I go to the beach and work there every day.

I’ve tried to tell my kids: If you‘re reading something engrossing, you’ll never, ever be bored.

Venting your anger on anyone – especially complete strangers – is not a winning tactic. Be especially sweet to bartenders and people serving you food.

Without fail, the first question I am asked at any author event is, ‘Are your books based on your real life?’

The nice thing about e-books is that if you’re sitting on the beach and you finish one Elin Hilderbrand novel and don’t want to get out of your chair, you can sit there, buy the rest, and load them on your device.

I was a huge fan of J. Courtney Sullivan’s novel ‘Maine,’ and like that novel, ‘Saint‘ is a family saga set in Boston. Irish Catholic family secrets – is there anything better?

What I write about in my novels is also what’s in my life.

I am a very nerdy reader in that I am as disciplined about my reading as I am about my writing.

I have no skills! I can’t speak French, I can’t ski, I can’t play the guitar… I can barely log on to the Internet! All I know how to do is write novels (thank goodness) and run, and anyone who has seen me run knows I’m not very good at that, either.

For women, my best travel tip is to invest in two to three cashmere ponchos. I buy the brand Minnie Rose. They’re good cover in three seasons, and they make wonderful travel blankets.

I had a Kindle for a brief while, but I dropped it in the ocean, and that was the end of electronic reading for me.

I have long maintained that each of us has three chances a day to be happy: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Americans are really in love with their summertime.

I may not want to write every day, but I have no choice – there are deadlines to meet.

I have this ridiculous exercise regime in the summer that I do not deviate from.

Like most writers, I read constantly. I used to hide in remote parts of the yard and house so I could read in peace.

I consider reading to be part of my job.

It has always been a goal of mine to climb Kilimanjaro, so that’s definitely happening, and I may write a memoir about it. When I was 25, I tried to trek to Everest Base Camp, but I got sick and ended up being carried out of Dingboche on the back of my Sherpa. So Kilimanjaro would represent a redemption of sorts.