“It's hard for me, a Jew, to stay in the moment. Without the past, where is the guilt? And without the future, where is the dread? And without guilt and dread, who am I?”

“Life without industry is guilt, and industry without art is brutality.”

“You can't possibly conduct a proper affair without a lot of deliberating, scheming, speculating, and conniving. It's a delicate balance where the excitement must equal the guilt and sex must be as bright as the future you gamble.”

“There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.”

“For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.”

“I craved for the past, resented the present, and dreaded the future.”

“Winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt”

“Last year I abstained
this year I devour

without guilt
which is also an art”

“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, both of their futures so full of dread.”

“The secret of happiness is having the freedom to express a full range of emotions without guilt or shame.”