lots of people think that game design is so coool thing to do, but only small fraction can really do it, just like writing good novels or painting

This may indeed sound esoteric but it can be extrapolated to a lot of areas in life. You can talk about how you want to do something or be someone but do nothing about. But then something cracks, some moment changes your life and you don’ talk anymore — you just start acting and pursuing your dream. At least that’s how it was with me.

And the second factor that I find the most important is the same thing that hackers have — insatiable curiosity. That’s why I believe that if one asks how to do game design, then it’s already clear (99% likely, I guess) that one can’t be a game designer, just like script kiddies never will be hackers.

Perhaps. Or perhaps not. I believe that when you really want something, you just go and do it — as simple as this may sound. There is anxiety of course, a fear of giving up what you have been doing before and of failure, too. But I rather trust they only overcome you if your passion, your desire to do what you want to has not yet grown big enough.

I don’t think anyone is an exception in this. For instance, I often say how cool it is to write electronic music, or code, or to be an F1 racer. There are just so many amazing things in life I would love to try out and be good at, but sometimes I lack the motivation, I’m not willing to invest time, sometimes I just think, I’ll do it in another life. I think ultimately it means I’m not yet ready to delve into it — maybe I never will be. Or maybe one day my passion to try something will get the better of me. You never know. I don’t think you can (or should) necessarily draw a connection here.