I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida. — Don Winslow Coast Copy Share Image
“Just a short while ago the Republicans were objects of fear and hatred—now they’re just pathetic assholes. Barry took them to the… — Don Winslow Democracy Copy Share Image
I have a life, I have a wife. I have an adult son who I'm very close to, and friends. I go… — Don Winslow Balance Copy Share Image
A writer who doesn't need the money gains power and is dangerous in a negotiation. — Don Winslow Dangerous Copy Share Image
“Simon drove as if he knew something about physics that Einstein hadn’t thought of and God never intended. If nature abhorred a… — Don Winslow Cars Copy Share Image
I've been around the surf culture since I was a kid. I grew up in a beach town in Rhode Island. Then… — Don Winslow Around Copy Share Image
With a 660-page book, you don't read every sentence aloud. I am terrified for the poor guy doing the audio book. But… — Don Winslow Book Copy Share Image
“Art can’t decide whether the War on Drugs is an obscene absurdity or an absurd obscenity. In either case, it’s a tragic,… — Don Winslow Art Copy Share Image
I don't recognize myself. I don't know who I am anymore." And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I. — Don Winslow Fun Copy Share Image
“You need the money, the cash flow, but it's more than that, admit it. You love the game. The thrill, the taking… — Don Winslow Adventure Copy Share Image
Police work in major cities - and New York is no exception - has always been vulnerable to corruption. Teddy Roosevelt built… — Don Winslow Corruption Copy Share Image
“The boys quiet until Ben looks across the table at Chon, holds his thumb and index finger a millimeter apart, and says,… — Don Winslow Ben Copy Share Image
“What happened? Stan repeats. To us? To the country? What happened when childhood ends in Dealey Plaza, in Memphis, in the kitchen… — Don Winslow Children Copy Share Image
We always think of borders as something that separates two peoples but of course they unite them. It's something you have in… — Don Winslow Always Copy Share Image
Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population… — Don Winslow Alcoholism Copy Share Image
The Force deals a lot with the heroin epidemic, which I'm sorry to know people are experiencing in Canada. — Don Winslow Heroin Copy Share Image
The bridge to Coronado Island off San Diego was built because the mob had a hotel there and needed a way to… — Don Winslow Because Copy Share Image
“Your strengths are your weaknesses. The more you try to protect something, the more vulnerable you make it.” — Don Winslow Strength Copy Share Image
What happened with the opioid epidemic is the Mexican cartels made a very deliberate, corporate decision to undercut the price of opioids.… — Don Winslow Dealer Copy Share Image
“In his mind’s eye, though, he sees— —Taliban moving like scorpions across a similar landscape his own caravan blown to shit blood… — Don Winslow Ben Copy Share Image
It's important to me that the reader goes on a ride with the characters, that you set context enough to know, "Okay,… — Don Winslow Ambition Copy Share Image
“In America, everything is about systems,” Barrera said. “In Mexico, everything is about personal relationships.” — Don Winslow Copy Share Image