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.
Peter BenchleyThe 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.
Peter BenchleyIf man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct.
Peter BenchleyWithout sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain
Peter BenchleySharks have everything a scientist dreams of. They're beautifulโGod, how beautiful they are! They're like an impossibly perfect piece of machinery. They're as graceful as any bird. They're as mysterious as any animal on earth. No one knows for sure how long they live or what impulsesโexcept for hungerโthey respond to. There are more than two hundred and fifty species of shark, and everyone is different from every other one.
Peter Benchley