David Crane Quotes (32 Quotes)

Garry Kitchen and I played hugely competitive matches of Amazing Tennis. There is a great thing about that game from a tennis player's perspective.

There's something so sort of cheesy sitcom about catchphrases and yet the way like Phoebe said 'Oh no' made us laugh so hard that we kept coming back to it.

The issue is people coming off the streets that don't belong in there trying to get benefits.

Nigeria is a sophisticated country. They understand the concept of international law. I truly cannot believe that such a country as Nigeria would knowingly and willfully in the long-term harbor a war crimes fugitive such as the likes of Charles Taylor.

It really has to be seen by the people of Iraq that's who this is for and about that justice is going to take place. If they perceive that this is not going to happen, that's where this will unravel.

Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.

We wanted to create an environment where if a game player enjoyed the "writing style" of a particular game designer, he or she could look for the next game by that same author and not be disappointed.

We were advised that nobody could stop us from pursuing our craft simply because we had honed, or even developed that craft while working at a company.

Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair.

My background is in hardware design. I found hardware work to be a welcome change from thousands of hours of programming and that led to the designs you mentioned.

Texas Genco is an ideal strategic fit with NRG. The strengths of its people and its assets align closely with our own, bolstering NRG's platform for growth and our ability to drive value for our shareholders.

The balance of civil liberties and national security has always been a precarious one. A balance that has been tested since the founding of our republic.

This gives me a sense of completeness that the whole process was worth every step. This is a good day for Liberia.

We need to have Charles Taylor turned over to us and put into a detention cell where he will receive a fair and open trial, ... He is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

That's right, fall in one pit and start over from the beginning! Well, thankfully my buddies practically tied me to my chair until I put in extra lives and I'm glad they did.

What is most important to us is that we don't have people pretending to be clients trying to get into this line to receive benefits they're not entitled to.

After eight years and the last three hours and 10 minutes, this is so worth the wait.

We are pleased to be increasing our investment in California as the State has made progress with regard to capacity markets and long-term contracting options. As we've said, we will continue to pursue market development that supports the continued operations of existing plants that Californians need and investment in the next generation of energy infrastructure.

Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as well as products. So the video game business went from absolutely zero designer credit to something approaching rock star promotion.

It was a very constructive exercise. The final product is a better measure.

The terms of that settlement were never disclosed - not even to me. I was asked if I wanted to know and having had enough of lawsuits I declined.

I'd like to hope that years from now people can look at the reruns...and say 'That is still a really funny show' or 'It's still really sweet.' And if that happens ... I'll be thrilled.

One week before Pitfall! was to be released, I only gave you one life to play the whole game. I was experimenting with that concept as sort of the ultimate challenge.

The letters were universally complimentary, and we designers loved hearing that our games were being enjoyed, but if they weren't sending us a picture of their screens most of those writers would have spent their time playing the game rather than writing letters.

The international community got this right. It's located at the place where it should be, and that's at the scene of the crime. It is more efficient to have it in the location because that's where all the witnesses are.

I think we paid a fair price at the right time. Companies like this don't become available in our sector very often.

I was a little hesitant at taking the job at Atari. I had never programmed for a living and I worried it might get boring (building circuits seemed more fun). But I would probably still be in the video game business.

Plus, I was a math and science whiz from my first introduction to the subjects.

You know, when you are sitting there trying these guys, and you have these people led in, who are missing various body parts. And, you see one of them point their stump at the accused, saying 'you did this to me,' because their hand is missing, and then walk out proudly with their head held high past these guys, that is justice.

We're going to split crews up to handle the cargo. Some will go to Chicago and arrange for its export out of the country, and others will go directly to Beijing and wait for its arrival.

Nigerian officials have a responsibility to turn him over to us. International law requires them to, ... West Africa and West African leaders need to understand it's the rule of law.

You have a story, it doesn't work, you throw it out, and you have to come up with another story in the same week. That goes away and you have to find a third story. Every night you're coming up with a whole new idea.