You're gonna need a bigger boat.

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

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

Look, Chief, you can't go off half-cocked looking for vengeance against a fish. That shark isn't evil. It's not a murderer. It's just obeying its own instincts. Trying to get retribution against a fish is crazy.

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.

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