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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

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

Peter Benchley

Man

World

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

Peter Benchley

Fiction

Writer

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

Peter Benchley

Internet

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

Peter Benchley

Hurt

Sea

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

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

Peter Benchley

Tides

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

Peter Benchley

Years

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.

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