Max Brooks Quotes

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

Max Brooks

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Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.

Malorie Blackman
- World
- You
- Eyes
I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.

Maggie Smith
- People
- Life
- Believe
What is lost in the good or excellent translation is precisely the best.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
- Good
- Lost
- Best
I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

Octavia Spencer
- Me
- Better
- Stronger
The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.

Sally Mann
- Me
- Reading
- Look
I'm not in a position to go back into public service.

Jack Keane
- Service
- Public Service