The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.

As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.

Turn the goddam music up! My heart feels like an alligator!

History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of "history" it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody understands at the time--and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.

The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise.

In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

and he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing.