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** Doesn't stop a multitude of fanfics about it, of course. And even more about her getting a period.

* When asked if the ending of ''[[Code Geass]]'' was meant to be [[Happily Ever After|happy]] or [[Downer Ending|sad]], director and co-creator Goro Taniguchi's response was "Decide for yourself." Though rather than a shrug, this may simply be him acknowledging that [[Your Mileage May Vary|everyone has a different opinion]] and not trying to force his beliefs upon the fanbase.

*** The exact phrasing was something along the lines of " {{spoiler|[His (Lelouch's) death] was the price he had to pay for a peaceful world.}}" And, depending on your interpretation, ''that'' can still be taken to mean anything.

* Eiichiro Oda, creator of ''[[One Piece]]'', usually answers ''everything'' [[Word of God|straight]], except for a few things; As open as he is, even he has dodged the occasional question, such as what Shanks and Gold Roger's bounties are, and [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|who would win in a fight between Zoro and Sanji]].

** He has given one hint on what Gold Roger's mythical treasure is, stating in an interview with Momoko Sakura that the One Piece isn't something like "the journey itself was the real treasure" and that it is, in fact, a physical reward.

* The creator of the ''[[Slayers]]'' novels, Hajime Kanzaka, is infuriatingly bad at this, and unlike the other examples on this page, it's often unintentional when he flubs his facts in interviews. Just go read one; half of his responses end in "I think."

* [[Naoko Takeuchi]], creator of ''[[Sailor Moon|Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon]]'' fame has said this of the inquiry as to who Sailor Cosmos really is: "It's complicated". A [[Broken Base|fan debate]] has risen from the comment that she is "the ultimate form of Sailor Moon" and her connection to Usagi.

* The mangaka of ''[[Soul Eater]]'' has been asked countless times by fans "What is [[Ambiguous Gender|Crona's gender?]]" His answer was basically "Don't know, don't care."

* As the [[The Dresden Files (game)|RPG for]] ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' is written by the same author as the books, much of the information vis a vis powers and current status of certain characters can likely be considered [[Word of God]]. But since it's also written in-character by Dresden and a friend of his, some things they just don't know, and those things are generally marked as "speculation" on their parts that might be true, or might be completely off base.

* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: You can contact FM on her website and ask her questions about her work and offer opinions, but don't be surprised if you get this response: "To answer your questions>>>>> I write what I do because I can. This is fiction. If you don't like my writing why did you continue to read the series? Oh, that's right, because they were entertaining. I rest my case. Characters are human just like the rest of us mortals. Again, this is fiction. I make it a point to never defend my writing because . . . I write fiction. Fiction is make believe, in other words, it's whatever the author wants to make it. Thank you for taking the time to write and offer your opinions and your insight. FM". Well, you have to respect a writer who gives this as a response!

* [[David Weber]]'s signature "Tum, te, tum, te, tum" non-answer anytime a type 1/2 comes up in the forums.

* In ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish|So Long And Thanks For All The Fish]]'', prior to giving Arthur an on-page sex life, [[Douglas Adams]] says many people have asked the questions "Did Arthur ever get anywhere with Trillian?" and "What happened after he met that Golofrinchian woman in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/The Restaurant At The End of The Universe|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''?" The answers turn out to be "Mind your own business" and "The book ended".

** "Only LeChuck knows. And he's an evil insane nightmarish murderous revenge-obsessed undead horror, so good luck getting an honest answer out of ''him''."

* "Team Silent, Team Silent, which one of the endings to ''[[Silent Hill]]'' is canon?" "They're all canon." "[[Nyoron Churuya-san|Nyoro~n]]."

* The ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' dev team is ''frustratingly notorious'' for this. Every interview they have will always have at least one question with an ambiguous answer that's as vague as possible. '''Always.''' It's not so bad to want your MMO to have some mysteries, but trying to have your game as [[Guide Dang It]] as possible with things that hundreds of thousands of players haven't figured out for 4+ years is something else entirely.

** The "you wish it was only [[Nintendo Hard]]" boss Absolute Virtue is featured in a developer-made video showing unimaginably vague "hints" for beating it. Every single frame of the video has been scrutinized and subjected to dizzying heights of [[Wild Mass Guessing]]. To this day, nobody knows what the developers were trying to convey.

** Any questions about plotholes are actually taboo in the BnG community.

*** That's because there are no plotholes. Even the ones you think you see, even the ones you ''know'' you see, are not plotholes.

* ''Gaming Guardians'' creator Graveyard Greg often replied to such questions with his signature sinister laugh: Heh heh heh.

* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' runs into a lot of this; part of it is that since Rachel works a lot of stuff in advance, she KNOWS what's going to come out a few months later (and will refuse to comment), and part of is that early on, Rachel often said too MUCH in the forums or elsewhere, leading to the ruling that "[[Flip-Flop of God|If it's not in the comics or at least on the main website itself, it ain't canon. Don't trust it.]]"