Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.
Max BrooksIf I knew anything about what people wanted and was popular, I'd still be writing for 'Saturday Night Live'. I can only write what I want, and hopefully people will like it.
Max BrooksAfter 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.
Max BrooksAmerica is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say “perception” because America is a very all-or-nothing society… We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasn’t uncontested, it was positively devastating.
Max Brooks