If during creative processes the desire for money and fame comes before passion and joy, the chances for a big hit decrease considerably, at least in my experience.

Until 1986, developing games was a mere hobby for me. Back then, I didn't know that game designers existed, because the designers' names didn't appear on the boxes.

There are many games I love to play. Which one I put on the table depends on the mood and the level of experience of my opponents; I don't have a clear favorite.

It is always a most delightful moment for me when people contact me via mail or approach me at game fairs and thank me for the many enjoyable hours I have brought them with my games.

I developed my very first game after reading "Riddle Master" by Patricia McKillip.

I have been an avid reader since my youth. Because I also liked to play tabletop games, I soon felt the desire to make the story narrated in a book or an aspect of that story come alive in a game.

I'd advise all aspiring game designers not to aim for money when developing a game, because unfortunately it is very rare for game designers to be able to earn a living by developing analog games.

Fiction is life by design.

Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win

It's all you can say, when the end comes: 'I did not waste my time.' I think that matters. I think it may be all that matters.

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

Have your own life before you become somebody's wife.

You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style.

We have a responsibility to carry the baton of faith to the next generation.

Fetty Wap's not one person. Fetty Wap consists of a tight family. When I go out as Fetty Wap, I represent the whole family. The family is RGF [Fetty's original label, RGF Productions].

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

I definitely don't think of myself as an actual male model. I'm far too short and my legs are far too muscular.