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Peter Benchley Quotes: "I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs."

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



Peter Benchley Quotes: "No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors."

No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.




Peter Benchley Quotes: "If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct."

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

You're gonna need a bigger boat.




Peter Benchley Quotes: "There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear."

There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction."

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges."

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.




Peter Benchley Quotes: "Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides."

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.



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."

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



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain"

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain



Peter Benchley Quotes: "The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future."

The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "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."

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.




Peter Benchley Quotes: "I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything."

I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet."

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



Peter Benchley Quotes: "I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me."

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth."

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a.m. tumbler of vodka : it may be early here, but in Baghdad it's almost evening."

He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a.m. tumbler of vodka : it may be early here, but in Baghdad it's almost evening.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks."

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



Peter Benchley Quotes: "I dive as much as I can."

I dive as much as I can.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "The great fish moved silently through the night water."

The great fish moved silently through the night water.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival."

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water."

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal."

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



Peter Benchley Quotes: "We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them."

We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it's theirs."

We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it's theirs.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain."

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Life's full of chances to hurt yourself or someone else."

Life's full of chances to hurt yourself or someone else.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "What was it? What could it--His last thought was surprise."

What was it? What could it--His last thought was surprise.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "Any weapon's only as good as the man using it, and a good man can make a good weapon out of most anything."

Any weapon's only as good as the man using it, and a good man can make a good weapon out of most anything.



Peter Benchley Quotes: "God isn't going to scribble across the sky. "The shark is gone."

God isn't going to scribble across the sky. "The shark is gone.