"I wouldn't describe that "position" as "parasitic." I'd describe that experience as "edifying." I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here."

-- Bruce Sterling

#Distance Quotes #Writing Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“Interviewer: What is your greatest regret? Gorey: That I don't have one”
“I started Botox the first year it came out. I was the first one in line, and I have had Botox every six months since then.”
“Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.”
“I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more.”
“You don't know who you messing with man, I slap people for fun. That's what I do man! You wanna play rough, huh, I kill for fun!”
“Jews talk a lot about God. But actually their god, just like Marx said, is money. Cash!”

Source : Interview with Alex Haley, Playboy, April 1966.
“What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance.”
“Game mechanics are the core of what a game truly is. They are the interactions and relationships that remain when all of the aesthetics, technology, and story are stripped away.”

Source : Jesse Schell (2015). “The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Second Edition”, p.158, CRC Press

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