Diary Quotes

241 quotes by 190 authors

A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventfulÂ—then, His busy hand forgets the pen. Most books,… — William Allingham
I'd been keeping tour diaries, and especially when I go somewhere where I felt the experience might be interesting, like Eastern Europe or South America… — David Byrne
The only really safe thing to do is to write a diary of where you've been, what time you went to bed, what you ate.… — Ellie Goulding
The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her… — Julian Fellowes
When I was still in prep school - 14, 15 - I started keeping notebooks, journals. I started writing, almost like landscape drawing or life… — John Irving
One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer. — Franz Kafka
I made the record that my life had me make. Each one is like a diary. — Lenny Kravitz
But I think what made me go into theater was seeing my mother onstage. The first thing she did was Mrs. Frank in 'The Diary… — Tony Kushner
I'm not good at future planning. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. I don't have a day planner and… — Heath Ledger
There's a gap between what I want to do, what I do on camera, and what gets edited. Right? So the goal is to try… — Matthew McConaughey
In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?' — Liza Minnelli
My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life. — Taylor Momsen
The Smiths was an incredibly personal thing to me. It was like launching your own diary to music. — Steven Morrissey
The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in… — Edvard Munch
When you're travelling, your day is jam-packed. I just don't have time to whip out a PC all the time. But I can whip out… — Kevin O'Leary
After my husband died, I could not write much - I could not concentrate. I was too exhausted most of the time even to contemplate… — Joyce Carol Oates
When I'm travelling, I always take my little notebook and scribble things down as I watch them; I'm very much geared to everything that's happening.… — Michael Palin
I've come to realize that you live on through recordings; they're like a musical diary, a window into somebody's soul. — Joe Perry
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. — Pablo Picasso
It's not easy keeping a diary. You have to be pretty committed. — Karl Pilkington

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