If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction?

I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction.

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?'

The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?

I say, 'Why not' to everything.

I get a little nauseous and disoriented watching 3D, but as a kid I loved it and I was really into it, so if a movie can be in 3D, then why not?