Russell Smith

Wear your clothes with abandon, I say; don't keep them pristine as if for museums: They are meant to wear out. Then you get to buy new ones.

Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible.

What I don't understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.