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
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.
technology worship world-war-z
Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.
zombie walks
The dead walk among us.
running night thinking
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 by Hollywood, which I think is very irresponsible because it can get you killed.
world-war-z commodity valuable
Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe.
organize
Organize before they rise!
zombie nerd fiction
Before I'm a zombie nerd, before I'm a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd.
generations world-war-z mess
Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.
growing-up selfish kids
...because I'm sure that as soon as things really get back to "normal," once our kids or grandkids grow up in a peaceful and comfortable world, they'll probably go right back to being as selfish and narrow-minded and generally shitty to one another as we were.
keys survival victory
Survival is the key word to remember—not victory, not conquest, just survival.
path sometimes world-war-z
Sometimes you find your path, sometimes it finds you.
mind records written
I don't mind my work being a record of the time it was written in.
vacuums secrecy paranoid
Secrecy is a vacuum and nothing fills a vacuum like paranoid speculation.
answers might matter
To know is always better, no matter what the answer might be.