The laws have become so straight-jacketing that presidents and their aides dare not keep journals or diaries, lest they be subpoenaed by avid special prosecutors.

If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.

President Obama came to office proclaiming that he aims to solve problems, not hand them on to our children. Most presidents say that sort of thing.

I have kept this diary doggedly, day by day, because I believe a continuous record, no matter how full of trivialities, will always gradually reveal something of the subconscious mind behind it. I’ve never regretted keeping a diary yet. There are always a few nuggets of literary value under all that sand.

When man attempts to police each other by creating laws, literally or metaphorically, one must always explain why things must be that way. If one cannot adequately complete this simple task, then perhaps they need policing.

I certainly wish I were as good-looking as Aaron Eckhart.