George A. Romero

“My zombies will never take over the world because I need the humans. The humans are the ones I dislike the most, and they're where the trouble really lies.”

“I've always felt that the real horror is next door.”

“The zombies are just a disruption. They're the hurricane or the tsunami.”

“I love the idea that the person who is the victim is also the monster.”

“I'm a non-believer, and I think that what I'm saying in my films is that we should be more concerned about what we're doing to each other.”

“When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.”

“A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around.”

“I'll never get a job in a studio. I'll never get a job with the majors. I'm an independent filmmaker.”

“They're going to a place that they remember, a place that was important to them.”

“My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies.”

“They're us. We're them and they're us.”

“In my mind, the zombies are the new blue-collar monsters.”

“I have a soft spot in my heart for the zombies.”

“Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre.”

“I am like a zombie. I am told what to do and I do it.”

“I don't think I can make a 'happy' movie.”

“I wanted to make a movie about revolution. The zombies, for me, were the revolution.”

“You could get a gorilla suit and get in the back of a pickup truck and start driving down the freeway, and you're making a movie.”