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 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 blamefearinvent 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
We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them. Peter Benchley chatendlesslyfable Change image and share on social
It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you. Peter Benchley caredeeplyeat Change image and share on social
Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. Peter Benchley earthlifeocean Change image and share on social
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 afraiddeeplydesperately share on social