53 Quotes by Markus Persson

Partying is not a sane way to spend money, but it's fun. When we were young, we did not have a lot of money at all, so I thought, 'If I ever get rich, I'm not going to become one of those boring rich people who doesn't spend money.'

PC gaming has always been strong, and I see it surviving for quite a few more years. It will be around for at least as long as people use PCs.

When I was young, we didn't have indie games. We had 'garage developers' or similar terms, who were just small teams making games out of passion.

Facebook is not a company of grass-roots tech enthusiasts. Facebook is not a game tech company. Facebook has a history of caring about building user numbers, and nothing but building user numbers.

Turns out, what I love doing is making games. Not hyping games or trying to sell a lot of copies. I just want to experiment and develop and think and tinker and tweak.

I've never run a company before, and I don't want to feel like a boss. I just want to turn up and do my work.

The speed at which modern CPUs perform computations still blows my mind daily.

Specifically, my favorite tool in Java is hot code swapping in debug mode, meaning I can edit the code while the game is running and immediately see the results in the running game. This is super great for rapid tweaking.

Any email that contains the words 'important' or 'urgent' never are, and annoy me to the point of not replying out of principle.