All writers I know are readers first and foremost, and that’s why you become a writer. – Mark Billingham
I don’t always wear underwear. When I’m in the heat, especially, I can’t wear it. Like, if I’m wearing a flower dress, why do I have to wear underwear? – Naomi Campbell
No one really has the guts to say it, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn’t we? – Gregory Stock
I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them? – Dan Ariely
Why did the Clinton Administration wait from 1995 to 1998 to tighten security and bolster counterintelligence at U.S. weapons labs? – Charles Bass
If a country is suspected of going nuclear, you need to understand why. Why does it feel insecure? – Mohamed ElBaradei
I’m 82 years old, wherever I go everybody knows me, but here’s why… I’m a merchandiser, I’m not just a writer, I stay in every avenue you can think of. – Mickey Spillane
I don’t understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have. – Paloma Faith
One reason why in Hollywood we are so often inventing heroes is that real heroes are vexing. – Edward Zwick
He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that’s why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers. – Martin Bashir
I never advise anyone to sacrifice something else because of music, but then I don’t see why they would have to anyway. – Mick Taylor
Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man show called ‘The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,’ Apple’s shiniest products are made by a shadowy company in China called Foxconn. – Eric Liu
All stories come from the subconscious – which is why it doesn’t make sense to over-plan. – Michelle Paver
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn’t become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait. – Gail Collins
I have always had confidence in my ability; I knew I’d get a chance coming here. That’s one of the main reasons why I signed for Tottenham. – Dele Alli
Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The interesting thing is why we’re so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness. – David Foster Wallace
Many’s the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn’t get it. I learned the hard way. – Deirdre O’Kane
I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew why back then, but now it’s obvious. – Don McLean
I’ve always been interested in this notion of what is authentic and how we define that and why our culture imposes certain emotions and emotional constraints onto experiences. – Meghan Daum
