Peter Benchley Quotes

Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.

I dive as much as I can.

Since writing JAWS, I`ve been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while.

I don`t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don`t think there`s a single writer who influences me.

Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks.

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

I`m a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.

I guess I`m a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

If man doesn`t learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.

I`ve never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.