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As a writer, when you fall in love with a place, you want to spend more time in it, either physically or mentally, and so you write about it.

~Don Winslow

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When you criminalize something, only criminals can deal with it. When criminals deal with it, there's no recourse to law, so there's only recourse to violence.

~Don Winslow

Topics: Criminals Deal Law Only Something Violence You

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The tragedy is that the police and inner city communities should be allies. Who suffers most from violent crime in America? Inner city communities. Who has a personal and professional interest in lowering that violence? Cops.

~Don Winslow

Topics: Allies America City Communities Cops Crime Inner Inner City Interest Lowering Most Personal Police Professional Should Suffers Tragedy Violence Violent Who

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If Trump was really looking for Mexicans to pay for the wall, he should put in a call to Sinaloa. They'd probably build it for him.

~Don Winslow

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As a novelist, you have to realise that the novel and the film have to live separate lives. They're just different, like your kids, even if they look alike.

~Don Winslow

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I used to joke that my next book would be about puppies that have lost a chew toy, and everywhere they went, people were nice and gave them things until they found the chew toy.

~Don Winslow

Topics: About Book Chew Everywhere Found Gave Joke Lost Next Nice People Puppies Them Things Toy Until Used Were Would

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I was very influenced by films and books like 'Serpico,' 'The French Connection,' and 'Prince of the City.' They were some of the reasons I became a crime writer.

~Don Winslow

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My earliest influence was Shakespeare - I read Shakespeare incessantly as a kid.

~Don Winslow

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A writer who doesn't need the money gains power and is dangerous in a negotiation.

~Don Winslow

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: October 31st, 1953

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