"Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is……" — Gary Gygax
"Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game."
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26 Quotes by Gary Gygax
Gary Gygax has 26 quotes on this site.
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There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various…
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The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience.
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As a typically ambitious player, I did what all others of that ilk do: Everything I could do to gain…
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I wasn't popular in the home office because I wasn't chicken. I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.
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I foresee online gaming changing when there are good audio-visual links connecting the participants, thus approximating play in a face-to-face…
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape…
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Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The…
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Games give you a chance to excel...
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Anyone wanna play Dungeons & Dragons for the next quadrillion years?
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When you master role-playing [gaming], you become immersed in an activity that is peerless among leisure-time pursuits.
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More Directing Quotes
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one of 531 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just…
— Kevin Bacon
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Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
— Alan Ball
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There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I…
— Alan Ball
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Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.
— Jason Bateman
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Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual,…
— Annie Besant
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When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
— Cate Blanchett
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Directing takes a lot of time.
— Jeff Bridges
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I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving…
— Jeff Bridges
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Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position…
— Albert Brooks
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I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.
— Alton Brown
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Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
— Steve Buscemi
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I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.
— Steve Buscemi
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