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
Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.
Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks.
Since writing JAWS, I have 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.
Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
I have never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.
I am a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I do not think there's a single writer who influences me.
I guess I am a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.
I do not believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
I dive as much as I can.
I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.
