Name	Peter Benchley
Date of Birth	May 31, 1940
Star Sign	Gemini
Died	February 11, 2006 (Aged 66)
Occupation	Writer
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I`ve never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.

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

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If man doesn`t learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

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

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Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.

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

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Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

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

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I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don`t think there`s a single writer who influences me.

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I don`t believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.

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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.

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I dive as much as I can.

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

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