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

Fascinations breeds preparedness, and preparedness, survival.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

I've never been hurt by a sea creature, except for jellyfish and sea urchins.

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.

Without sharks, you take away the apex predator of the ocean, and you destroy the entire food chain