Top 35 Quotes by Peter Benchley

About Peter Benchley

These are some quotes by American author Peter Benchley Author, who lived between May 8, 1940 and February 11, 2006.

We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it's theirs.

We provoke a shark every time we enter the water where sharks happen to be, for we forget: The ocean is not our territory - it's theirs.

Peter Benchley

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

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

I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

Peter Benchley

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.

Peter Benchley

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

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

Peter Benchley

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

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

Peter Benchley

I didn't invent the fear of sharks; it's as old as mankind, and that - to take that responsibility would mean that Mario Puzo should take the blame for the Mafia.

I didn't invent the fear of sharks; it's as old as mankind, and that - to take that responsibility would mean that Mario Puzo should take the blame for the Mafia.

Peter Benchley

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

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

Peter Benchley

Everything I've written is based on something that has happened to me or something that I know a great deal about.

Everything I've written is based on something that has happened to me or something that I know a great deal about.

Peter Benchley

In a deeply tribal sense, we love our monsters, and I think that is the key to it right there. It is monsters; it is learning about them: it is both thrill and safety. You can think of them without being desperately afraid because they are not going to come into your living room and eat you. That is 'Jaws.'

Peter Benchley

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