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

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

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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.

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