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Narrative
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Don't examine this too closely.
Said by producer Donald P Bellisario at an early-1990s SF convention in response to a persistent fan with very specific questions about the way things worked on Bellisario's series Quantum Leap. An unashamed admission of handwaving details unnecessary to the enjoyment of a show, and an exhortation to not let the obsession with those details get in the way of the story. Implicit in the Maxim is a request to understand that the story is being told by a small production team that due to the limitations of the medium has to work quickly, with limited budget and tight deadlines, and has to dodge Executive Meddling, all while trying to turn out the best product it can.
Echoes back to the riddle by Lewis Carroll "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" Outright saying it had no answer did nothing to stop readers from persistently trying to find the answer. Although Carroll himself eventually came up with the answer "because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat."
Frequently quoted in various fan communities in response to excessive Fan Wank and to arguments about Canon, Fanon and the Word Of God.
See also MST3K Mantra, Rule Of Cool, and A Wizard Did It.
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