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Peter Benchley Biography

Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author and screenwriter. He is known for the bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its subsequent film adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for cinema, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark.

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He would have lied to himself as facilely as an alcoholic lies to himself to justify the 10 a. m. tumbler of vodka : it may be early here, but in Baghdad it's almost evening.

Baghdad, Evening, Facilely, Lying, May, Vodka

I'm a babe in the woods when it comes to the Internet.

Babe, Internet, Woods

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

Fiction, Influence, Think, Thinking, Widely, Writer

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

Discipline, Order, Solitude, Sweat, Writing

The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.

Future, Looks, Past, Present, Seems, Time

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

Believe, Blame, Blaming, Inanimate, Inanimate Objects, Objects

The fish was an enemy. It had come upon the community and killed two men, a woman, and a child. The people of Amity would demand the death of the fish. They would need to see it dead before they could feel secure enough to resume their normal lives.

Children, Enemy, Killed, Men, See, Two

No, the shark in an updated JAWS could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.

Oppressed, Shark, Sharks, Victim, Villain, Written

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

Hopeful, Optimist, Pessimist, Suicidal, Suicide

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

Fall, Regularly, Reputation, Reputations, Tides

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

Back, Safe, Thought, Water

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.

Fiction, Know, Knows, Largely, Monsters

I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs.

Believe, Implicitly, Men, Sharks, World

You're gonna need a bigger boat.

Bigger, Boat, Gonna, Hollywood Films, Inspirational, Movie

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.

Earth, Life, Ocean, Oceans, Would Be

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

Sharks, White, Years

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

Hurt, Jellyfish, Sea, Urchins

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

Grudge, Grudges, Sharks, Target

Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its own instincts. Trying to get retribution against a fish is crazy.

Against, Crazy, Evil, Look, Sharks, Vengeance

There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear.

Fear, Nothing, Running, Sea

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