#jaws

Brody felt a shimmy of fear skitter up his back. He was a very poor swimmer, and the prospect of being on top of—let alone in—water above his head give him what his mother used to call the wimwams: sweaty palms, a persistent need to swallow, and a ache in his stomach—essentially the sensation some people feel about flying. In Brody's dreams, deep water was populated by slimy, savage things that rose from below and shredded his flesh, by demons that cackled and moaned. ↗

— Peter Benchley

#fear-of-water #jaws #dreams

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. ↗

— Peter Benchley

#attacked #been #close #creatures #enough

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 Benchley

#shark #vengeance #death

Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet. ↗

— Pam Brown

#feet #jaws #kittens #needles #soft

You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#absolutely #adult #been #brilliant #dinner

You're gonna need a bigger boat. ↗

— Peter Benchley

#movie #movies

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#hit #i #influence #interested #jaws

Jaws was still a handsome, big guy. He got the girl. He was my favorite villain. I tried to make this guy endearing somewhat because all he wanted to do was unite his country. ↗

— Rick Yune

#big #big guy #country #endearing #favorite

He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter. ↗

— Jose Marti

#being #could #jaws #pair #torch

If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#jaws #live #lived #shooting #through