All 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.
Peter Benchley
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Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.
Peter Benchley
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If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
Peter Benchley
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I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
Peter Benchley
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I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.
Peter Benchley
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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
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Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks.
Peter Benchley
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I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.
Peter Benchley
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I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.
Peter Benchley
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I've never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.
Peter Benchley
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