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.

It is not that I don't have a fear of sharks, it is that I have a respect for them, so that I know any more than if I were to go into the jungle, I would have a fear of tigers, that I would try to lower the odds.

Peter Benchley

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

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

Peter Benchley

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

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

I hope that 'Jaws' will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our care for the environment.

I hope that 'Jaws' will have brought sharks into the public interest at a time when we desperately need to reevaluate our care for the environment.

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

I don't think there's such a thing as an unprovoked shark attack.

I don't think there's such a thing as an unprovoked shark attack.

Peter Benchley

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.

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

We should be afraid of sharks half as much as sharks should be afraid of us.

We should be afraid of sharks half as much as sharks should be afraid of us.

Peter Benchley

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal.

Peter Benchley

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