"For two years I have refused to answer idle questions on the order of "Is your novel an open work or not?" How should I know? That is your business,… - Umberto Eco

"For two years I have refused to answer idle questions on the order of "Is your novel an open work or not?" How should I know? That is your business, not mine. Or "With which of your characters do you identify?" For God's sake, with whom does an author identify? With the adverbs, obviously."