We're growing into an entertainment medium as opposed to 'We make games. We make Mario jump.' We no longer have to focus so hard on the technical hurdles and can ask, as a player, why am I doing this? Why am I making these choices? Games that don't have that strong foundation stumble.

That feeling of being rewarded for your curiosity is huge. It's why I play games, this idea of truly existing in a world.

At its root, 'God of War' was always the promise of adventure.

As a writer, you understand how hard it is to build up backstory for characters, so you can have impactful moments. You have to build toward something and then pay it off.

I believe Business Objects is on the cusp of becoming a multi-billion-dollar sales company. There is tremendous growth potential for business intelligence.

The ultimate would be to compete in a couple more Olympics, hopefully break some world records and wind up my sports career with a couple of years in the WNBA.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

If you're going to write a book that might, in its very best accidental career, sell 30,000 copies, you've got to have a day job.