Peter Benchley
Peter Benchley
Peter Bradford Benchleywas an American author. He wrote the novel Jaws and co-wrote its subsequent film adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for cinema, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 May 1940
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
bloody burst came heads holding macho minor people thousands
There was a minor burst of macho nuttiness after 'Jaws' came out, in which people would go off in shark tournaments and come back holding the bloody heads of these animals and say, 'Look what I did.' But they've been doing that for hundreds of thousands of years anyway.
water safe
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
survival fascination preparedness
Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.
ocean sharks predator
Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain
i-can
I dive as much as I can.
lying may 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.
crazy sharks evil
Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its own instincts. Trying to get retribution against a fish is crazy.
night water fishes
The great fish moved silently through the night water.
woods internet babe
I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.
writing order sweat
Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline.
believe men sharks
I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.
suicidal hopeful pessimist
I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.
believe inanimate-objects blame
I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
hurt sea jellyfish
I've never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.