I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game.
John Carmack

It's nice to have a game that sells a million copies.
John Carmack

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.
John Carmack

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.
John Carmack

Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important.
John Carmack

Because of the nature of Moore's law, anything that an extremely clever graphics programmer can do at one point can be replicated by a merely competent programmer some number of years later.
John Carmack

The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.
John Carmack

Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.
John Carmack