"The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity."

“How many beautiful trees gave their lives that today's scandal should, without delay, reach a million readers.”

“Hitler didn't snub me—it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.”

“My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.”

Source : "Zola Jesus Is A Romantic". Interview with Leila Brillson, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 21, 2011.

“Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.”

“We take our colors, chameleon-like, from each other.”

“I can't play anything until I find something that connects to my life, something I can carry as my secret map or code for the character.”

“Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.”

“But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.”

Source : "Christian Bale May Kill Someone Yet". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. November 15, 2010.