“There is a perennial classical question that asks which part of the motorcycle, which grain of sand in which pile, is the Buddha. Obviously to ask that question is to look in the wrong direction, for the Buddha is everywhere. But just as obviously to ask the question is to look in the right direction, for the Buddha is everwhere.”
“Not to ask the obvious question, but why Alaska?”
“She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.”
“The job of the writer isn't to answer questions. The job of the writer is to ask the questions for which there are no answers.”
“Questions are also interventions. A good question can take a person's mind in a completely new direction and change his life. For example, ask yourself frequently, 'What is the most useful question to ask now?”
“Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable.”