Max Brooks Quotes

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Max Brooks

Profession : Author

Birth : May 22, 1972

I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live.'

Max Brooks

You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.

Max Brooks

We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything and the people who do make stuff... it's all part of a massive global supply chain. So what if all those chains were suddenly cut, how would you make something? How would you keep people alive? And that was something I wanted to explore.

Max Brooks

The bottom line is I'm a slow zombie guy - I'm always a slow zombie guy but I also know I'm in the minority.

Max Brooks

You can watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and still sleep at night. Try that with 'The Day After'.

Max Brooks

I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of their world, they need a safe vessel for all their fears. Zombies provide that vessel because they're 'safe.'

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Zombies are apocalyptic in nature. They belong to a class of monster that doesn't just hunt humans, but seeks to obliterate that entire human race.

Max Brooks

Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed.

Max Brooks