Warren Spector

“I gotta do what I think is right, and if enough people like it, I'm a winner. And if they don't, I'll open a bookstore.”

“I often get painted as the guy who's trying to tell other people what to make and what to like, and that's really not my goal, but I believe so passionately that games can be more than a lot of people think they can.”

“As far as the timing, well, I'd write that off to luck as much as anything - I happened to be out looking for a development deal, and Disney happened to think my team and I might be the right people to make a Mickey Mouse game.”

“We live in a world of virtual goods where none of us own the 0s and 1s. What are you going to do?”

“We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.”

“I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.”

“The 'DuckTales' ensemble is clearly critical. There's the core set of characters - Scrooge, Webby, Launchpad, Huey, Dewey and Louie... Plus there's Gyro and Duckworth and Mrs. Beakley and so on. The cast is huge.”

“The Wii U is pretty cool, and the thing that I'm most intrigued about it is it's the first gaming platform that actually is exploiting the second screen.”

“The Disney archives, it's 84 years of history. The one way in which I feel I'm a kindred spirit with Walt Disney is that neither one of us ever throws anything away. He never threw anything away.”

“I said to myself as Junction Point embarked on the Epic Mickey journey that, worst case, we'd be 'a footnote in Disney history.' Looking back on it, I think we did far better than that.”

“I've loved cartoons all along. Most people outgrow that when they hit 10 or 12, I guess, but I never did. I'm not sure why.”

“The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.”

“Let me tell you, writing comics is as hard as anything I've ever done - for me, at least. I'm now officially in awe of guys who can crank out multiple books a month and maintain a high level of quality. Comics are completely different than any other medium I've dabbled in.”

“Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air.”

“I'm a Nintendo geek, so I'm a pretty big Nintendo fan.”

“I like Disney stuff. No-one looks at 'Toy Story' and says,' Oh, that's just for kids.' Why is it that games can only appeal to a certain audience, but movies and books - I mean, how many adults read 'Harry Potter?'”

“I have no interest in guys who wear armor and swing big swords.”

“On the small scale, 'Ico,' I think, actually delivered a small new thing: holding a character's hand and really feeling like your job is to rescue this person, and establishing a personal connection.”

“I used to teach animation history classes at the University of Texas, and I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons. I just love cartoons.”

“I have got no problem with used games. I've bought plenty of used games.”