Max Brooks Quotes

My first novel, 'You Must be Sisters,' was started in Pakistan. I've wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set there.

I also love the zombie genre, my zombie fandom going way back to 'Night of the Living Dead.' And 'The Walking Dead' is truly the ultimate representation of that sensibility in the comic book genre.

I really enjoy doing both, but I didn't write nonfiction until 1994.

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.

Yashraj liked my writing style, and they had a concept in mind, so they hired me to write. That's how 'Luv Ka The End' was born. It was fantastic working with them. They are very professional. For the first time, I did not have to ask for my cheque. It was sent home, in time.

I feel like a zombie movie is kind of like the gold to hear movie.

'Day of the Dead' remains my favourite zombie film of mine.

I went to New York in '87 to write for 'Saturday Night Live.'

I don't think of myself as a television producer. Obviously, that's crazy. Because I should. That's what I do. But I don't actually see that as my job. It's why my business cards say 'storyteller.'

I used to be able to pitch them on the basis of the zombie action, and I could hide the message inside that. Now, you can't. The moment you mention the word 'zombie,' it's got to be, 'Hey, Brad Pitt paid $400 million to do that.'

The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.

Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa.

I loved doing 'Frisky Business.' I didn't come up with it. I think John Oliver and the writers did.

I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.

I liked the '28 Days Later' films, but they're not zombies; they're not dead. They're not using it in the same way.

I'm very driven by writing. Coming from 'Saturday Night Live,' because it's such a writing job, and we all write our parts on the show and create characters, I'm so respectful of good writing.

I've made six zombie films; I've tried consciously to make each one different from the next.

Because of 'World War Z' and 'The Walking Dead,' I can't pitch a modest little zombie film which is meant to be sociopolitical.

Up until 'Fast and Furious 7,' every movie I've made has been a film that I've created, franchises that I've created.

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

The kind of scripts I have read for web shows have been outstanding.

We're going for the joke on 'Children's Hospital,' and we're going for the joke on 'The League.' It's fun to go between shows, but you have to mentally remind yourself what show you're on.

I enjoyed writing 'Tashan' very much.

The writing of 'The Ladykillers' was fun. But once it goes out of your hands it's not fun, 'especially for someone who is used to being hands-on like me.

I have, for a few years, been writing comedy prose - short pieces for my blog - because I found it to be a good way to write while I was on a TV show. It was different enough from my scripts that it felt like a break, but it still was comedy and very fun. I like to do comedy!