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
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.
zombie able protection
With so much protection, wouldn't one be able to wander among the undead ranks, taunting them at will with no danger of repercussion?
race class zombie
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.
real media npr
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? Nobody! Who's going to care about some PBS-NPR fringe minority that's out of touch with the mainstream? The more those elitist eggheads shouted "The Dead Are Walking," the more most real Americans tuned them out.
war disease poverty
Can you ever “solve” poverty? Can you ever “solve” crime? Can you ever “solve” disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no.
writing zombie stories
When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that's another story.
country war winning
You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.
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.
feet water survival
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 - don't bring water with you because it'll tire you out and you'll lose too much fluid. Bring a water pump.
war smart character
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.
summer thinking choices
I think the fascination with zombies is that they don't obey the rules of monsters. The first rule of monsters is that you have to go find them. You have to make a conscious choice to go to the swamp or the desert or the abandoned summer camp.
thinking worry people
I think the general anxiety of the 1960s - '70s spawned our interest in the living dead. When people worry about the end of their world, they need a safe vessel for all their fears. Zombies provide that vessel because they're 'safe.
kids america storm
I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.