Games give you a chance to excel.

Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.

I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.

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

Gaming in general is a male thing. It isn't that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody who's tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women.

Anyone wanna play Dungeons & Dragons for the next quadrillion years?

The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own.