“I would rather have someone read my diary than look at my iPod playlists.”

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”

“Isn't that why people keep diaries -- to be read by someone else? Why would they keep them otherwise?”

“whenever I read a passage that moves me, I transcribe it in my diary, hoping my fingers might learn what excellence feels like.”

“I really enjoy writing. Much more than other people enjoy reading it. What do I write? Nonsense. Diary stuff - when I want to have a conversation but need to clarify my thoughts first.”

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

“I dont know," said Simon, "it doesn't sound so bad to me. I'd rather have someone mess around inside my head than chop it off."
"Then you're a bigger idiot than you look.”

“The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.”

“I've been keeping a diary since I was about 11. If you don't keep a diary everything washes away. And you can live everything three times: you live it when you live it, you live it when you write it down, and you live it a third time when you re-read it. Though I have to say rereading my diary for publication was a depressing experience. You shouldn't look back.”

“In my first video diary I explained my love for women who have a taste in carrots.”