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
people tvs world-war-z
Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe...Turn on the TV...What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their products.
technology worship world-war-z
Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.
lying kind world-war-z
There's a word for that kind of lie. Hope.
path sometimes world-war-z
Sometimes you find your path, sometimes it finds you.
emotion world-war-z primal-fear
Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.
world-war-z commodity valuable
Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.
generations world-war-z mess
Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.
whales world-war-z bros
Whatever bro, tell it to the whales
war order world
We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say “They told me to do it! It’s their fault, not mine.” The freedom, God help us, to say “I was only following orders.”-World War Z
believe world-war-z ability
When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.
race humanity world-war-z
Imagine what could be accomplished if only the human race would shed its humanity.
example figures huge muse plastic played war worst
I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman. If I were smart, I'd be writing 'World War Z Part 12', but I have to go where the muse leads, and I've always been a huge 'G.I. Joe' fan. I always wanted to know more about these characters, these little plastic figures I played with as a kid.
buck hundred passionate people stuff zombies
Zombies are so popular. There's a lot of chaff out there. For every one person who is legitimately passionate about zombies, there are a hundred people who are thinking, 'Hey, I can make a buck off of this.' The problem is that some of their stuff is so lame.
fear love people zombies
Zombies are apocalyptic. I think that's why people love them because we're living in, not apocalyptic times, but I think we're living in fear of the apocalyptic times.