Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.

As a typically ambitious player, I did what all others of that ilk do: Everything I could do to gain advantage for my PCs and rise in level as rapidly as possible.

Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game.

There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.

There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you’re involved in, whether it’s a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.

When you master role-playing [gaming], you become immersed in an activity that is peerless among leisure-time pursuits.

The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.