Quotes by John Romero

• I'm creating the kind of games that I like right now. I'm not being held back by technology.
• I live way out in the country, in truck-country.
• I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.
• In marketing I've seen only one strategy that can't miss - and that is to market to your best customers first, your best prospects second and the rest of the world last.
• It is very important to lead the field and innovate in game design.
• The game-playing market today is pretty sizable.
• There are too many games being developed by people that have no business creating games.
• We are at the point where game designers have become celebrities due to the size of the market they serve.
• I think DOOM had just the right mix of elements that keep people coming back to it: great monsters, excellent weapons with great balance, a spooky environment and extreme speed.
• I completely love playing and designing games and always will. I am so into games that I listen to game music all day. That may sound strange, but you can guarantee I'm a hardcore gamer and would never let you down by designing a crappy title.