Max Brooks
Max Brooks
Maximillian Michael Brooksis an American horror author and screenwriter. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. Brooks is also a television and voice-over actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth22 May 1972
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
book red firsts
When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my own time was 'Hunt for Red October' by Tom Clancy.
war long
We've been at peace about as long as e were at war.
fear real thinking
I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.
wall book flames
During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor to guard against "dangerous thought." Whether accounts of zombie attacks perished in the flames will never be known. This obscure section of a medical manuscript, preserved in the wall of an executed Chinese scholar, might be proof of such attacks.
world-war-z commodity valuable
Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.
sleep night trying
You can watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and still sleep at night. Try that with 'The Day After'.
memories zombie trying
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.
generations world-war-z mess
Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.
writing night people
If I knew anything about what people wanted and was popular, I'd still be writing for 'Saturday Night Live'. I can only write what I want, and hopefully people will like it.
choices mountain boulders
You can't blame anyone else... You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight." - Philip Adler
walking-dead matter humans
But no matter what happens to the surviving humans, there will always be the walking dead.
rain believe procrastination
If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining
halloween cutting zombie
Use your head; cut off theirs.
thinking matter remember
Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted.