Brianna Wu Quotes

I went to business school, and I went straight from that to a nine-year career at Microsoft. Eventually, I ran a big chunk of the consumer products division for Microsoft.Then I left with the birth of our first daughter because Bill and I both wanted to have a few kids.

I never thought I would run for Congress. If you look back at a certain reality TV show, you know that.

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I was in the House of Representatives.

Any time skating was featured in a video game, I ate it up. So around 1997-98, I was shopping this video game idea. I was weighing my options when I went to Activision, but when I saw what they were working on, I said, 'This is exactly what I'd love to be involved with,' and following that gut reaction was hugely successful.

I've never sought elected office since I was a senior class president in high school.

I have decided not to run for president.

'Syndicate' is technically the first game I worked on.

I was amazed at how the life of a freelancer differed from running a remote studio for another company. I thought I knew what I was doing in 2004 when I left Eidos because I had run Ion Storm Austin, which was my own independent studio. I had run a business unit inside Origin, but being part of a startup is crazy.

I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.

To be a statesman, you must first get elected.

To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world.

Being young is an advantage. You've grown up with games as the dominant entertainment. You have a lot of experience of video games. So what do you want to see that's not been done? Innovation is really low cost for you. You can afford to take risks and fail to execute new ideas.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

I've always suggested if you can't stand the sight of your own blood, don't run for office.

I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.

Our developers will make great games for whatever high-end platforms exist.

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.

I never had asked, and never should ask, the vote of any person for any office.

It was, like, two mobile games I released. They did pretty well, and after I made those two games, I was like, 'Man, I want to make another game, but I want to make this game for PlayStation and Xbox and PC.' I was like, 'You know what? Forget making the video game for Xbox, PlayStation and PC. How about I make my own console?'

A person seeking to be the President of the United States should not suggest violence in any way.

I don't think people realize how life-altering running for president is.

I am now very interested in computer technology as it is used currently to make games. I think this technology is very powerful and could be used in new ways.

To this day, I run into people all the time that say, whether it was 'Doom', or maybe even more so 'Quake' later on, that that openness and that ability to get into the guts of things was what got them into the industry or into technology.

Honestly, if you are going to run for public office, I think it's incumbent... to speak up.

Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney.