We are already perilously close to killing off the top of the oceanic food chain - with catastrophic consequences that we can't begin to imagine. Let us not, in the heat of anger, reduce the already devastated population of great white sharks by one more member. Peter Benchley angerbegincatastrophic share on social
I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything. Peter Benchley blameinanimateobject Change image and share on social
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 disciplinedrudgeryendure Change image and share on social
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 enterforgethappen Change image and share on social
Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival. Peter Benchley breedfascinationpreparedness Change image and share on social
If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct. Peter Benchley extinctforestlearn Change image and share on social
If you're young and wild, you tend to believe your clippings. One day you're Hemingway. The next day you're nothing. Peter Benchley clippingdayhemingway Change image and share on social
I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet. Peter Benchley babeinternetwood Change image and share on social
If you take away the predators in the prairies and the national parks, you suddenly have an explosion of elk, and then you have a lack of the food source for the elk, so they strip all the ground bare and that takes away the cover, on and on and on and on. The whole food chain is disrupted. Peter Benchley barechaincover share on social
We should be afraid of sharks half as much as sharks should be afraid of us. Peter Benchley afraidhalfshark Change image and share on social