World War Z Quotes:

The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts

- Max Brooks

topic: Heart, Rose, Monsters, World War Z

There's a word for that kind of lie. Hope.

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, Crown Pub

topic: Lying, Kind, World War Z

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.166, Broadway Books

topic: Lying, Fire, Deceit, World War Z, Badness

I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.249, Broadway Books

topic: Fear, Real, Thinking, World War Z

Sometimes you find your path, sometimes it finds you.

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, Crown Pub

topic: Path, Sometimes, World War Z

Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.32, Broadway Books

topic: Believe, People, Stupidity, World War Z

We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom, the freedom to point to someone else and say “They told me to do it! It’s their fault, not mine.” The freedom, God help us, to say “I was only following orders.”-World War Z

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.83, Broadway Books

topic: War, Order, World, World War Z, Following Orders

When I believe in my ability to do something, there is no such word as no.

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.160, Broadway Books

topic: Believe, I Believe, Ability, World War Z

. . . show the other side, the one that gets people out of bed the next morning, makes them scratch and scrape and fight for their lives because someone is telling them that they're going to be okay.

- Max Brooks

topic: Morning, Fighting, People, World War Z

Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.

- Max Brooks

topic: Emotion, World War Z, Primal Fear

Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe...Turn on the TV...What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their products.

- Max Brooks

source: "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War". Book by Max Brooks, 2007.

topic: People, Tvs, Commodity, World War Z

Imagine what could be accomplished if only the human race would shed its humanity.

- Max Brooks

topic: Race, Humanity, Imagine, World War Z

[...]you don’t have to be Sun freakin Tzu to know that real fighting isn’t about killing or even hurting the other guy, it’s about scaring him enough to call it a day.

- Max Brooks

source: Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.103, Broadway Books

topic: Hurt, Fear, Real, World War Z

Whatever bro, tell it to the whales

- Max Brooks

topic: Whales, Bros, World War Z

Americans worship technology. It's an inherent trait in the national zeitgeist.

- Max Brooks

topic: Technology, Worship, Zeitgeist, World War Z

If your Soviet neighbor is trying to set fire to your house, you can't be worrying about the Arab down the block. If suddenly it's the Arab in your backyard , you can't be worrying about the People's Republic of China and if one day the ChiComs show up at your front door with an eviction notice in one hand and a Molotov cocktail in the other, then the last thing you're going do is look over his shoulder for a walking corpse.

- Max Brooks

topic: Block, Doors, Hands, Molotov Cocktail, Eviction

Generation Z, they cleaned up their own mess.

- Max Brooks

topic: Generations, Mess, World War Z

The time came where I was able to write an original screenplay [Allied], and it would be read and noticed. I had a meeting with Brad [Pitt], just around the time that he was making World War Z. I basically told him the story and said, "This is what I want to do," and he really responded, so that helped me put the thing together and write it.

- Steven Knight

topic: War, Writing, Together, World War Z

If I thought there was any hope of turning 'World War Z' into a movie, I wouldn't have written it as a giant, epic, global story, because that requires a giant, epic, global budget.

- Max Brooks

topic: War, Epic, Stories, World War Z

One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.

- Marc Forster

topic: War, Book, Ideas, World War Z

World War Z was a great zombie film because those were zombie performances. It wasn't just a bunch of people walking around slow. They did close-ups on zombies who were performing, as a mindless dead thing. They were creepy and scary.

- Tom Savini

source: Source: collider.com

topic: War, People, Scary, World War Z

World War Z is out today. The big zombie movie. The trailer looks scary. You see hordes of bodies climbing and rolling over each other. It's like Black Friday at the mall.

- Craig Ferguson

topic: Friday, War, Climbing, World War Z, Zombie Movie

I'm actually reading 'World War Z' again! It's incredibly realistic and it's written as an oral history through interviews with different characters. Max Brooks wrote this book in so many different voices. There are about forty or so. It's incredible. When I finish 'World War Z' I'm going to go back and start again on the 'Game of Thrones' series.

- Nathan Fillion

topic: War, Book, Reading, Oral History, Different Voices

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.

- Max Brooks

topic: War, Smart, Character, World War Z