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
fear love people zombies
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 in fear of the apocalyptic times.
buck hundred passionate people stuff zombies
Zombies are so popular. There's a lot of chaff out there. For every one person who is legitimately passionate about zombies, there are a hundred people who are thinking, 'Hey, I can make a buck off of this.' The problem is that some of their stuff is so lame.
example figures huge muse plastic played war worst
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.
coping-mechanisms use wit-and-humor
My coping mechanism with my dyslexia is to use wit and humor.
race humanity world-war-z
Imagine what could be accomplished if only the human race would shed its humanity.
choices boulders agonizing
You can't blame anyone else, ... , no one but yourself. You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices.
cutting people what-if
We live in such a service-based, globalised economy where very few people actually make anything and the people who do make stuff... it's all part of a massive global supply chain. So what if all those chains were suddenly cut, how would you make something? How would you keep people alive? And that was something I wanted to explore.
whales world-war-z bros
Whatever bro, tell it to the whales
walking-dead matter humans
But no matter what happens to the surviving humans, there will always be the walking dead.
halloween cutting zombie
Use your head; cut off theirs.
choices mountain boulders
You can't blame anyone else... You have to make your own choices and live every agonizing day with the consequences of those choices. He knew this. That's why he deserted us like we deserted those civilians. He saw the road ahead, a steep, treacherous mountain road. We'd all have to hike that road, each of us dragging the boulder of what we'd done behind us. He couldn't do it. He couldn't shoulder the weight." - Philip Adler
rain believe procrastination
If you believe you can accomplish everything by "cramming" at the eleventh hour, by all means, don't lift a finger now. But you may think twice about beginning to build your ark once it has already started raining
class numbers zombie
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, encompassing an area of several hundred miles.
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?