Max Brooks Quotes - Page 4

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• They were viewed very much like castles, I suppose: as crumbling, obsolete relics, with no real modern function other than as tourist attractions. But when the skies darkened and the nation called, both reawoke to the meaning of their existence. One shielded our bodies, the other, our souls.

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  Real, Sky, Soul

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.194, Broadway Books

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• They say great times make great men. I don't buy it. I saw a lot of weakness, a lot of filth. People who should have risen to the challenge and either couldn't or wouldn't. Greed, fear, stupidity and hate. I saw it before the war, I see it today. [...] I don't know if great times make great men, but I know they can kill them.

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  Hate, War, Men

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• After all we'd been through, we still couldn't take our heads from out of our asses or our hands from around each other's throats.

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  Hands, Ass, Throat

  Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.266, Broadway Books

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• With so much protection, wouldn't one be able to wander among the undead ranks, taunting them at will with no danger of repercussion?

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  Zombie, Able, Protection

  Max Brooks (2003). “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead”, p.59, Broadway Books

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• 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 real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted.

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  Jobs, Real, Book

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• 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.

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  Summer, Thinking, Choices

  "'I’m Just A Zombie Nerd' The Max Brooks Interview, Part One". Interview with Allie Townsend, techland.time.com. July 15, 2010.

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• 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.

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  Thinking, People, Worry

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• Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.

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  Sleep, Night, Government

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