'The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.
Gary Gygax
'We now had alignment. Spells to detect alignment, and rules forbidding actions not allowed by ones alignment. Actually not as much fun as not knowing.
Dave Arneson
'Not all those who wander are lost.
J.R.R. Tolkien
'People like rules, or at least the appearance of rules, even in fantasy.
Raymond E Feist