Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse – no water, food, medical care, the government imploding – while letting us sleep at night. Max Brooks Read Quote
I remember I used to come up to my teacher crying because I couldn’t read. She would say: ‘You can do this. You just don’t want to do this.’ Max Brooks Read Quote
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.’ Max Brooks Read Quote
You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that’s actually not true at all. Max Brooks Read Quote
Before I’m a zombie nerd, before I’m a science-fiction nerd, I am a history nerd. Max Brooks Read Quote
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. Max Brooks Read Quote
Zombies have no memories of their former life. You wont see the undead trying to wash windows or do your taxes. All they know how to do is swarm and feed. Max Brooks Read Quote
That’s the thing about zombies. They don’t adapt and they don’t think. Literally, you could have a zombie on one side of a chain link fence and you could be on the other side and they could be trying to get to you and six feet down could be an open door and they will not go through that door in the fence. That’s why they’re so scary. Max Brooks Read Quote
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, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared. Max Brooks Read Quote
