I don't have to be smarter than anybody else. I've just plain worked harder and longer than anybody else.

Scientists are always the ones who head into the ocean, but I want to take writers and politicians, people who can convey the beauty that is there and perhaps do something to take care of it.

Earth is a silly name for this planet.

Movies like 'The Abyss' and 'Jaws' make people think the ocean is threatening. It's not. It's very tranquil.

The ocean is this beautiful, unexplored place. Why on Earth everyone isn't down there, I don't know.

Science is about filling in the details.

Pressure hulls collapse at the speed of sound. Once that starts, you're inside your own little imploding atomic bomb, and you're gone.