 I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything. |
| Twenty-five years ago nobody knew much about white sharks. |
| Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time. And you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and the discipline. |
| I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs. |
| I've never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins. |
| I guess I'm a hopeful optimist, because to be a pessimist is to be suicidal. |
| Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides. |
| I dive as much as I can. |
| I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet. |
| Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. |
| If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct. |
| Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while. |
| I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. |
