You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.

I don't know what a softball question is. All I know is I have no agenda. I ask short questions, and I listen to the answer.

When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

'Maybe.' There's our word. The wisest answer to ultimate questions.

We ask questions, and they don't answer.