You can watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and still sleep at night. Try that with 'The Day After'. — Max Brooks Dawn Copy Share Image
I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live. — Max Brooks Book Copy Share Image
I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me. — Max Brooks America Copy Share Image
“Why would I want to get depressed by watching TV? I could do that just by stepping on the scale every morning.” — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“The book of war, the one we've been writing since one ape slapped another, was completely useless in this situation. We had… — Max Brooks Book 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
“I hope what I’ve learned helps you find your way. Most of all, I hope you’ve learned that in this world of… — Max Brooks Crafting Copy Share Image
“what are you seeing? people selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their product” — Max Brooks Customer Copy Share Image
If I knew anything about what people wanted and was popular, I'd still be writing for 'Saturday Night Live'. I can only… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
...because I'm sure that as soon as things really get back to "normal," once our kids or grandkids grow up in a… — Max Brooks Grandkids Copy Share Image
“This space station [Yang Liwei] was little more than a giant Orbital Denial Station. If those charges were to detonate, the debris...any… — Max Brooks Scorched Copy Share Image
. . . show the other side, the one that gets people out of bed the next morning, makes them scratch and… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is… — Max Brooks America Copy Share Image
“It’s a lot easier to blow up trains than to make them run on time. What is it that Mister Churchill used… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe...Turn on the TV...What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“Ignorance was the enemy. Lies and superstition, misinformation, disinformation. Sometimes, no information at all. Ignorance killed billions of people. Ignorance caused the… — Max Brooks Ignorance Copy Share Image
“The truth was, neither the Central Intelligence Agency nor any of the other official and unofficial U.S. intelligence organizations have ever been… — Max Brooks Cia 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 Fear Copy Share Image
“This is the only time for high ideals because those ideals are all that we have. We aren't just fighting for our… — Max Brooks Civilization Copy Share Image
“Fear,” he used to say, “fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.” That blew me away. “Turn on the TV,”… — Max Brooks Fear Copy Share Image
“The only rule that ever made sense to me I learned from a history, not an economics, professor at Wharton. "Fear," he… — Max Brooks Economics Copy Share Image
“The monkey didn't help matters any. He was sitting on top of the microbus, just watching the undead plunge to their end.… — Max Brooks Humor 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
“The official report was a collection of cold, hard data, an objective "after-action report" that would allow future generations to study the… — Max Brooks Time Copy Share Image
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… — Max Brooks Comic Copy Share Image
Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“That's the one thing you can always depend on; as we're fighting one war, we're always preparing for the next one.” — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“We split the atom, we reached the moon, we’ve filled every household and business with more gadgets and gizmos than early sci-fi… — Max Brooks Family Copy Share Image
You can't blame anyone else, ... , no one but yourself. You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted. — Max Brooks Desperate Copy Share Image
“What we did, what every president since Washington has done, was provide a measured, appropriate response, in direct relation to a realistic… — Max Brooks Politics 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
After all we'd been through, we still couldn't take our heads from out of our asses or our hands from around each… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts — Max Brooks Heart Copy Share Image
You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all. — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
There comes a point when you have to realize that the sum of all your blood, sweat, and tears will ultimately amount… — 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 Stories Copy Share Image
“Do you understand economics? I mean big-time, prewar, global capitalism. Do you get how it worked? I don't, and anyone who says… — Max Brooks Capitalism Copy Share Image