“I KNEW THAT ‘JAWS’ COULDN’T POSSIBLY BE SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS A FIRST NOVEL, AND NOBODY READS FIRST NOVELS. IT WAS A FIRST NOVEL ABOUT A FISH, SO WHO CARES? —Peter Benchley
FLASHBACK: ‘JAWS’ BY PETER BENCHLEY…(FEBRUARY 1974)
“I KNEW THAT ‘JAWS’ COULDN’T POSSIBLY BE SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS A FIRST NOVEL, AND NOBODY READS FIRST NOVELS. IT WAS A FIRST NOVEL ABOUT A FISH, SO WHO CARES? —Peter Benchley