--- title: "10 You Quotes By Tim Schafer" description: "10 You quotes by Tim Schafer. Plus more from Tim Schafer and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/tim-schafer-18855_anyone_i-m-a-dad-now-so-now-i-just-don-t-care-w_2198730.jpg" --- > [I'm a dad now, so now I just don't care what I look like. Once you've created life, you just don't care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-m-a-dad-now-so-now-i-just-don-t-care-what-i-look-like-once-you-ve/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/tim-schafer-18855_anyone_i-m-a-dad-now-so-now-i-just-don-t-care-w_2198730.jpg) > [I think when you play 'Psychonauts,' you are kind of playing inside of my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-think-when-you-play-psychonauts-you-are-kind-of-playing-inside-of/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/tim-schafer-18855_head_i-think-when-you-play-psychonauts-you-ar_1011872.jpg) > [What I learned at LucasArts was, you don't make your bets on ideas: ideas are cheap. You make your bets on people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/what-i-learned-at-lucasarts-was-you-don-t-make-your-bets-on-ideas/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/tim-schafer-18855_bets_what-i-learned-at-lucasarts-was-you-don_2308810.jpg) > [If you're not loyal to your team, you can get by for a while, but eventually you will need to rely on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/if-you-re-not-loyal-to-your-team-you-can-get-by-for-a-while-but/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/tim-schafer-18855_eventually_if-you-re-not-loyal-to-your-team-you-can_797934.jpg) > [Kinect is such a great new entry into the field because it takes away one of the big barriers to little kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/kinect-is-such-a-great-new-entry-into-the-field-because-it-takes-away/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/tim-schafer-18855_away_kinect-is-such-a-great-new-entry-into-th_669557.jpg) > [Adventure games are all about details - if you happen to take this one object and use it with this other object,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/adventure-games-are-all-about-details-if-you-happen-to-take-this-one/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/tim-schafer-18855_about_adventure-games-are-all-about-details-if_201437.jpg) > [The Internet has allowed a lot of access - people feel entitled to change the ending of games, for example. So there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/the-internet-has-allowed-a-lot-of-access-people-feel-entitled-to/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/tim-schafer-18855_access_the-internet-has-allowed-a-lot-of-access_319799.jpg) > [I would like to reach non-gamers. It's always great when guys come up to me who are gamers and represent my usual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-would-like-to-reach-non-gamers-it-s-always-great-when-guys-come-up/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/tim-schafer-18855_actually_i-would-like-to-reach-non-gamers-it-s-al_1276707.jpg) > [I guess I didn't have a lot of friends, so that's what made videogames so important. They played back. I could do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-guess-i-didn-t-have-a-lot-of-friends-so-that-s-what-made-videogames/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/tim-schafer-18855_back_i-guess-i-didn-t-have-a-lot-of-friends-s_1909185.jpg) > [Before 'Final Fantasy VII,' I would have told you that I had zero interest in RPGs with turn-based combat. But that game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/before-final-fantasy-vii-i-would-have-told-you-that-i-had-zero/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/tim-schafer-18855_any_before-final-fantasy-vii-i-would-have-to_1655208.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## More by Tim Schafer > [I've now met, I would say, almost every single one of my rock idols. I feel like I should just drive off a cliff…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-ve-now-met-i-would-say-almost-every-single-one-of-my-rock-idols-i/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [In the future, we will play games while floating naked in a tank of warm, sensory-depriving gelatin. Games will be distributed chemically, into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/in-the-future-we-will-play-games-while-floating-naked-in-a-tank-of/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [Adventure games are all about details - if you happen to take this one object and use it with this other object, in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/adventure-games-are-all-about-details-if-you-happen-to-take-this-one/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [I enjoy everything. I actually do listen to everything. In high school, I listened to a lot of metal and punk rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-enjoy-everything-i-actually-do-listen-to-everything-in-high-school/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [I think I just have an idea in my head about how big an adventure game should be, so it's hard for me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-think-i-just-have-an-idea-in-my-head-about-how-big-an-adventure/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [The Internet has allowed a lot of access - people feel entitled to change the ending of games, for example. So there are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/the-internet-has-allowed-a-lot-of-access-people-feel-entitled-to/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [I've always hated superheroes. I cannot stand them. I love Norse mythology, but I hate superheroes. They ruined movies, then comics, and now games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-ve-always-hated-superheroes-i-cannot-stand-them-i-love-norse/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [When you have a programmer-founded company it often gets really techy, if you have a producer or a business-person, it all really sets the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/when-you-have-a-programmer-founded-company-it-often-gets-really-techy/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [If I had done a sequel to 'Day of the Tentacle,' there probably wouldn't have been a 'Full Throttle.' If I did a 'Full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/if-i-had-done-a-sequel-to-day-of-the-tentacle-there-probably-wouldn-t/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [Publishers are very risk-averse, so they lean towards licenses and sequels. But the fact is that even those are not guaranteed hits. So, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/publishers-are-very-risk-averse-so-they-lean-towards-licenses-and/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [Kinect is such a great new entry into the field because it takes away one of the big barriers to little kids to playing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/kinect-is-such-a-great-new-entry-into-the-field-because-it-takes-away/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [If you're not loyal to your team, you can get by for a while, but eventually you will need to rely on their loyalty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/if-you-re-not-loyal-to-your-team-you-can-get-by-for-a-while-but/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [I think when you play 'Psychonauts,' you are kind of playing inside of my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/i-think-when-you-play-psychonauts-you-are-kind-of-playing-inside-of/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [After 'Psychonauts,' we could have laid off half our team so that we'd have more money and time to sign 'Brutal Legend.' But doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/after-psychonauts-we-could-have-laid-off-half-our-team-so-that-we-d/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) > [There was a 'magic rock' my mom would lift up, and under the rock was a bunch of bugs. Roly-poly bugs and worms. Somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-schafer/there-was-a-magic-rock-my-mom-would-lift-up-and-under-the-rock-was-a/) [Tim Schafer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-schafer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/tim-schafer/#itemlist", "name": "10 You Quotes By Tim Schafer", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a dad now, so now I just don't care what I look like. 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