“I think you have to serve a lot of masters when you're doing a video g...” — Paul Dini Quote

I think you have to serve a lot of masters when you're doing a video game: you're not just telling a linear story or doing something that's all action.

Creativity, for a lot of young people, is a coping mechanism. It's the only place they feel comfortable. It's the only time they feel like they're being heard or can make a difference, is if they can go into a room and do a drawing or go to a garage and play a song or retreat to this world.

One of the things I've learned from animation is that some guys are really good at writing, some guys are really good at design, some guys are really good at directing. It's almost like working in a band - not everybody plays every instrument.

To overcome any form of adversity, to not give up, to not give up on yourself, your dreams, to not sequester yourself away from people - that's the most important thing to do with your life.

It was a very circuitous path. It was not very linear - I floundered about for many years.

The belief in something bigger and supernatural is not the same thing as linear religion.

'Two' is not written in the usual style of a novel. It's a straightforward, linear narrative of my times, as I observed partition, and is told through multiple characters.

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

I am a linear thinker in a lot of ways.