There's nothing in the sea this fish would fear. Other fish run from bigger things. That's their instinct. But this fish doesn't run from anything. He doesn't fear.

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

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

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.

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.

I dive as much as I can.