In 1980, Atari was bringing in around two billion dollars in revenue and Chuck E. Cheese's some five hundred million. I still didn't feel too bad that I had turned down a one-third ownership of Apple - although I was beginning to think it might turn out to be a mistake.

Can liberty be destroyed by the truth?

A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.

Being your own boss is much superior to working for the man. Including working for your father.

'Grand Theft Auto', in its deification of antisocial behavior, is where I heap the most of my scorn.

I like games where you can use stealth and guile. As you get older, it's like the difference between playing squash and racketball. Squash is an older man's game, because if you're stealthy and wily, you can beat a better-co-ordinated and stronger, younger person.

The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.