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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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