When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no such thing. There's rap, and there's music.'
If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman, a wife, a mom, an American.
I've always wanted to be independent and answer for myself. That probably is the part of me I would class to be feminist. I'd like to have children; marriage I have a bit of an issue with.
Chow Mo Wan: When you don't take "no" for an answer, there is still a chance you'll get what you want.
No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.
The Judgement is not a question, it's a sure answer, as to a clump of dough, that will yeast and rise, or go in the oven and burn to crust.
Will it make me something? Will I be something? Am I something? And the answer comes, already am, always was, and I still have time to be
Being silent and doing nothing is never the right answer. What happens in one state can happen in another.
All the answers i seek lie within me, but inner quietude is mandatory before those become loud and clear.
We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him.
The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
You go through phases. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year's answer might not do for another.
Yes, Heathrow is the U.K.'s busiest airport, but new runways or a new airport are not the answer. It is far better to focus on improving capacity.
Writer/directors are, for me, the most inspiring people to work for because they are the person on set that knows the answer to all the questions. They have the most invested in the project because they've been with it from conception.
I learned that I could not do enough work; it's always incomplete. When you ask a question, the answer will raise four more questions, and those four will become eight.
My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advocate on behalf of women's and children's empowerment and ending racism.
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
