38 Quotes by Jesse Schell

People don’t just stop playing Facebook games. They divorce them.

Why is it that big companies fail when the technology changes? It happens in every industry, so what’s the pattern? What are they all doing wrong?

One of the main things that’s appealing about games is that you know a game can be won. It’s an unusual game that’s impossible to win.

If you are a woman and you don’t understand men, chances are you are thinking too hard.

You don’t want the office to be a completely relaxing place. You want it to be a vibrant place.

The enjoyment of problem solving seems to be an evolved survival mechanism. People who enjoy solving problems are going to solve more problems, and probably get better at solving problems, and be more likely to survive.

Who cares and who doesn’t care about a project, is going to shape the project in a significant way.

I jokingly call this convergence of games into reality the ‘Gamepocalypse:’ the moment when every moment of life is actually a game.

Is it OK for Amazon to know every word of every book you’ve read? Are you comfortable with that? Maybe you are. Is it OK to let everybody know you eat Corn Flakes? OK, but then there are certain products you might not want people to know that you’re using.