The devil's in the details. The way I view my job is to bring the reader into a world they otherwise could not enter and let them see it through the character's eyes. And you can only do that with detail. The details make the characters distinct from one another. If you can give them those little grace notes, those little touches, that's what makes the reader relate.
And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe. - Don Winslow
And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.
- Don Winslow
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
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.
I have a life, I have a wife. I have an adult son who I'm very close to, and friends. I go hiking almost every day, four to six miles. In the summer,… - Don Winslow
I have a life, I have a wife. I have an adult son who I'm very close to, and friends. I go hiking almost every day, four to six miles. In the summer,…
I try to pay attention to language. I think that as a general rule, we as writers talk too much and we should listen more. I read my dialogue out lou… - Don Winslow
I try to pay attention to language. I think that as a general rule, we as writers talk too much and we should listen more. I read my dialogue out lou…
Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is ad… - Don Winslow
Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is ad…
We need to do something about gun violence in America. But every time one of these things happen, we say the same thing, and then we don't seem to be… - 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 then we don't seem to be…
What happened with the opioid epidemic is the Mexican cartels made a very deliberate, corporate decision to undercut the price of opioids. What they … - Don Winslow
What happened with the opioid epidemic is the Mexican cartels made a very deliberate, corporate decision to undercut the price of opioids. What they …
I think you can use fiction to get inside people's minds. - Don Winslow
I think you can use fiction to get inside people's minds.
How much more money do we have to waste, how many more families have to be destroyed, how many more people have to be killed before you summon the co… - Don Winslow
How much more money do we have to waste, how many more families have to be destroyed, how many more people have to be killed before you summon the co…
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