When I started writing, there was nothing about zombies. It was all teen movies, which to me are scarier than zombies, but that's another story.

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.

I wanted to serve. It was Desert Storm. I thought, 'I was a rich kid, and America's been good to me.

When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my own time was "Hunt for Red October" by Tom Clancy...

Use your head; cut off theirs.

Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted.

I'm not a horror fan. I'm an anti-horror fan. I think horror fans feel deep down in the pit of their souls, they feel safe, and therefore bored. And therefore they want to be scared.