The bridge to Coronado Island off San Diego was built because the mob had a hotel there and needed a way to get people out there. Don Winslow More Quotes by Don Winslow More Quotes From Don Winslow As a surfer, I think of places like a wave: you see one thing on the surface. But you always know there's something different going on underneath. Don Winslow see think know you Don't kid yourself: The justice system is a business. It's about money. Don Winslow yourself money business justice 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 something you violence law I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya. Don Winslow 1980s guide kenya Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller. Don Winslow your you writing character You know, I mean this sincerely, you know, I'm so grateful that I get to get up in the morning and do this, you know, and write books. Don Winslow know you grateful morning My problem is not that there are too few ideas out there. It's that there are too many. Don Winslow too out problem ideas So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book. Don Winslow write day thought book The novelist is the vestigial bone on the body cinema. We're like the little toe that can be cut off. Don Winslow little like cinema body I've been around the surf culture since I was a kid. I grew up in a beach town in Rhode Island. Then eventually I lived in Dana Point, Calif., a real surf hotbed. Don Winslow island real beach culture I get started at 5:30 in the morning and write till 10 A.M. Then I hike six or seven miles before going back to work. Don Winslow going back work morning 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 the other. Don Winslow words me you time A great review is great. A bad review is the worst. Don Winslow review bad great worst I was trying in 'The Power of the Dog' to write a brutally accurate in-your-face, if you will, description of 30 years in the war on drugs. And the effect that that had on people. Don Winslow you power dog war We always think of borders as something that separates two peoples but of course they unite them. It's something you have in common, literally. Don Winslow something think you always In the first place, it's surreal to watch filming, to see the little ideas you had in your head and now Taylor Kitsch is doing it, or Salma Hayek. And then to see it loud and bright onscreen is a trip. Don Winslow doing place you ideas By any objective standard, Joaquin Guzman Loera is an evil man who has caused untold suffering for others. Don Winslow others man suffering evil Police work in major cities - and New York is no exception - has always been vulnerable to corruption. Teddy Roosevelt built his career on it. Don Winslow new police corruption work Police departments are always a reflection of the society that they serve. Is there such a thing as 'police culture?' Absolutely. Is that culture isolated form the surrounding society? Absolutely not. Don Winslow police society reflection culture
