Max Brooks Quotes

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• Survival is the key word to remember—not victory, not conquest, just survival.
• But no matter what happens to the surviving humans, there will always be the walking dead.
• The highest distinction is service to others.
• Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.
• I wrote 'The Zombie Survival Guide' because I wanted to read it, and nobody else was writing it. All I've been doing with everything I've…
• Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a…
• Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd.
• 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.
• The dead walk among us. Zombies, ghouls-no matter what their label-these somnambulists are the greatest threat to humanity, other than humanity itself.
• A true crisis. Class 3 outbreaks, more than any other, demonstrate the clear threat posed by the living dead. Zombies will number in the thousands,…
• Of all the weapons discussed in this book, nothing is more important than your primary firearm. Keep it cleaned, keep it oiled, keep it loaded,…
• With so much protection, wouldn't one be able to wander among the undead ranks, taunting them at will with no danger of repercussion?
• 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.
• But there were alternative media outlets. Oh sure, and you know who listens to them? Pansy, overeducated know-it-alls, and you know who listens to them?…
• My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.
• I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe,…
• Secrecy is a vacuum and nothing fills a vacuum like paranoid speculation.
• Looking for love on the internet is like Janet Leigh asking Norman Bates if he likes her body.
• Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.
• I actually wrote my first zombie book way before I got the job on 'Saturday Night Live.

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