--- title: "1 Played Chicago Quotes By Don Winslow" description: "1 Played Chicago quotes by Don Winslow. Plus more from Don Winslow and more Played Chicago sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/don-winslow-3586_grandmother_my-grandmother-was-from-guelph-ont-i-gre_302926.png" --- > [My grandmother was from Guelph, Ont. I grew up playing ice hockey, I'm a massive fan. A great-uncle who was in the early days of the NHL played for the Chicago Blackhawks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/my-grandmother-was-from-guelph-ont-i-grew-up-playing-ice-hockey-i-m-a/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/don-winslow-3586_grandmother_my-grandmother-was-from-guelph-ont-i-gre_302926.png) ## More by Don Winslow > [There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/there-are-various-kinds-of-savagery-emotional-spiritual-economic-and/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [“We proclaimed the freedom of the individual, bought and drove millions of cars to prove it, built more roads for the cars to drive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/we-proclaimed-the-freedom-of-the-individual-bought-and-drove-millions/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [We need to do something about gun violence in America. But every time one of these things happen, we say the same thing, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/we-need-to-do-something-about-gun-violence-in-america-but-every-time/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/and-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-is-where-you-re-safe/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/so-i-thought-i-should-write-five-pages-a-day-and-that-s-what-i-did/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [I used to joke that my next book would be about puppies that have lost a chew toy, and everywhere they went, people were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-used-to-joke-that-my-next-book-would-be-about-puppies-that-have/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-was-a-safari-guide-in-the-1980s-in-kenya/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [Bookstores never seem to know where to put me on the shelves. But I do. I love my genre and I love those writers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/bookstores-never-seem-to-know-where-to-put-me-on-the-shelves-but-i-do/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [Shane Salerno and I adapted my book Savages together, and I learned a lot about adaptation. I think it's an extremely difficult thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/shane-salerno-and-i-adapted-my-book-savages-together-and-i-learned-a/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [I've been writing since I was six years old. It's hard to imagine stopping. I would hate to think that I've already written my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-ve-been-writing-since-i-was-six-years-old-it-s-hard-to-imagine/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [I lived in mafia neighborhoods off and on when I was a kid. If you were in Little Italy, in East Harlem, in Brooklyn...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-lived-in-mafia-neighborhoods-off-and-on-when-i-was-a-kid-if-you/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [“Hell isn't having no choice. It's having to make a choice between horrific things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/hell-isn-t-having-no-choice-it-s-having-to-make-a-choice-between/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [Producing words isn't a problem for me. And I usually write two books at a time. When one horse gets winded, you jump on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/producing-words-isn-t-a-problem-for-me-and-i-usually-write-two-books/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [I think people will be surprised at some of the things about the shootings by policemen of unarmed African-American men. But I also think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-think-people-will-be-surprised-at-some-of-the-things-about-the/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) > [“There are the gods of place and the gods of commerce, and if you have to bet who’s going to win out, put your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/there-are-the-gods-of-place-and-the-gods-of-commerce-and-if-you-have/) [Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/played-chicago/don-winslow/#itemlist", "name": "1 Played Chicago Quotes By Don Winslow", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My grandmother was from Guelph, Ont. I grew up playing ice hockey, I'm a massive fan. 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