I wanted to remain a technical adviser for Id, but it just didn't work out. Probably for the best, as the divided focus was challenging.

The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.

Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.

Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty.

Sometimes, the elegant implementation is just a function. Not a method. Not a class. Not a framework. Just a function.

The speed of light sucks.

If you're willing to restrict the flexibility of your approach, you can almost always do something better

I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.

If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.

While in bondage, the strength of the mind is not put into full action in order to maximize its full potential.

When people are facing real hardships in their lives, they have no time to invent imaginary ones.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.

The first, the middle and the last thing to do is to pray.

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.

As any war veteran will tell you, there is a vast difference between preparing for battle and actually facing battle for the first time.

Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange.

A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox.

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

I think anything you do that's different, that doesn't take the typical approach, invites differing opinions.