" The current vogue in detective literature is all for the practice of placing the reader in the position of chief sleuth. I have prev...

 「……わからねえな。どんな理由があろうと、殺人者の気持ちなんて、わかりたくねえよ」 『名探偵コナン』 " I don't understand, ya know. No matter what their reasons are, I don...

「探偵小説の根本興味はパラドックスなりと感ず。インポシブル興味とはパラドックス（思想の手品）のことなり」 「探偵小説に描かれた異様な犯罪動機」 " I feel the fundamental fun in detective novels is the p...

「あー、変幻自在のあいつ・・・」 『妖怪博士と少年探偵団』  "Ah, that ever-changing one..." "Monster Professor and the Boys Detective Club" Th...

" Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses ...

" Once I went professionally to an archaeological expedition--and I learnt something there. In the course of an excavation, when som...

「 みんな5年前のままじゃない。やっぱり変わってるんだ・・・そして、これからも・・・・」 『金田一少年の事件簿：雪影村殺人事件』 " Nobody is like they were five years ago. Yes. Everyone has ch...