List of Peter Benchley Quotes

The Great Fish Moved Silently Through The Night Water.

I'm A Babe In The Woods When It Comes To The Internet.

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.

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.

I Don't Believe In Blaming Inanimate Objects For Anything.

Twenty-five Years Ago Nobody Knew Much About White Sharks.

The Fish Was An Enemy. It Had Come Upon The Community And Killed Two Men, A Woman, And A Child. The People Of Amity Would Demand The Death Of The Fish. They Would Need To See It Dead Before They Could Feel Secure Enough To Resume Their Normal Lives.

Oceanography Is A Terrific Career Because Gradually We Seem To Be Coming Around To Realize That We Had Better Become As Acquainted With The Seventy Percent Of Our Planet That Is Covered By Water As We Are With The Dark Side Of The Moon.

Writing Is Sweat And Drudgery Most Of The Time. And You Have To Love It In Order To Endure The Solitude And The Discipline.

Without The Oceans There Would Be No Life On Earth.

I Read Very Widely, Both Non-fiction And Fiction, So I Don't Think There's A Single Writer Who Influences Me.