Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd. — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live. — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack. — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Hooking on scuba gear and blindly diving into zombie-infested water is a wonderful way to mix the two childhood terrors of being… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Zombie Survival Guide' because I wanted to read it, and nobody else was writing it. All I've been doing… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
The bottom line is I'm a slow zombie guy - I'm always a slow zombie guy but I also know I'm in… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
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… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
With so much protection, wouldn't one be able to wander among the undead ranks, taunting them at will with no danger of… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the fascination with zombies is that they don't obey the rules of monsters. The first rule of monsters is that… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Zombies are so popular. There's a lot of chaff out there. For every one person who is legitimately passionate about zombies, there… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
A true crisis. Class 3 outbreaks, more than any other, demonstrate the clear threat posed by the living dead. Zombies will number… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Zombies don't run. They don't dance. They don't say, "More brains." There is no Thriller Night. Those are stereotypes that are perpetrated… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Of all the weapons discussed in this book, nothing is more important than your primary firearm. Keep it cleaned, keep it oiled,… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
That's the thing about zombies. They don't adapt and they don't think. Literally, you could have a zombie on one side of… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“And then you got us. Yeah, we stopped the zombie menace, but we're the ones who let it become a menace in… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“Feelings of any kind are not known to the walking dead. Every form of psychological warfare, from attempts at enraging the undead… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
The dead walk among us. Zombies, ghouls-no matter what their label-these somnambulists are the greatest threat to humanity, other than humanity itself. — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Zombies are apocalyptic in nature. They belong to a class of monster that doesn't just hunt humans, but seeks to obliterate that… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Zombies will try to scale any surface no matter how unfeasable or even impossible. In all but the easiest situations, these attempts… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of… — Max Brooks Copy Share
I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me. — Max Brooks Copy Share
[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about… — Max Brooks Copy Share
I think Americans are at our best when we recover from a crisis. We've suffered some blows that other countries would have never recovered… — Max Brooks Copy Share
“The living dead had taken more from us than land and loved ones. They'd robbed us of our confidence as the planet's dominant life… — Max Brooks Copy Share
Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack. — Max Brooks Copy Share
Any survival guide will tell you, don't buy a pair of combat boots before any disaster. They'll tear your feet up. Or water -… — Max Brooks Copy Share
When I read Frank Miller's 'The Dark Knight Returns', I think it's a wonderful record of the Reagan era. I think it's amazing. This… — Max Brooks Copy Share
“What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic threat assessment.” — Max Brooks Copy Share
