Gina Holden famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I studied at UC Santa Cruz before going on to do a grad program at UCLA. Santa Cruz was like an awesome hippie summer camp. I got to take a vacation from reality and hang out on beaches and in forests.

  • I wrote a whole novel before The Beach. Unpublishable. Junk. But, for some reason I stuck at novels and wrote a second. Still not sure why I didn't give up. Stubborn, maybe.

  • The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.

  • Los Angeles is a very magical place when you take the entertainment industry out of it. You have beautiful beaches and amazing mountains here. I'm a big rock climber. I head out into the mountains whenever I have free time. It's amazing.

  • Snowboarding! I love it! Some of the best places to snowboard are Telluride and Park Cities, Utah.

  • The attraction of snowboarding is the freedom it gives you. With a snowboard on your feet the sky is the limit. You can do anything and go anywhere. This is not just for pro riders. It is for everyone. The other amazing thing with snowboarding is how easy it is to get away from people and enjoy the solitude of the mountains. Its almost impossible in surfing but with snowboarding it is a short hike from the top of the lift or the side of the road.

  • Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.

  • I did a lot of hiking and I loved it.

  • When I was hitch-hiking, people had to follow me, 'cause I didn't stay long.

  • I'm not surfing much anymore, but I love hiking and gardening, and I'm always wearing a hat and sunblock.