If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.