"I love life. There's always something to overcome, new people to meet... You've just got to find your bliss and go after it. That's where the drive is, that's how you find your special place."

“Of course I have used dissonance in my time, but there has been too much dissonance. Bach used dissonance as good salt for his music. Others applied pepper, seasoned the dishes more and more highly, till all healthy appetites were sick and until the music was nothing but pepper.”

“Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.”

“For as long as you can remember, you have been a pleaser, depending on others to give you an identity. You need not look at that only in a negative way. You wanted to give your heart to others, and you did so quickly and easily. But now you are being asked to let go of all these self-made props and trust that God is enough for you. You must stop being a pleaser and reclaim your identity as a free self.”

“Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.”

“I'm not really part of any group or clique or gang because that's always been my nature.”

“You say I sucked at the Oscars. I was a genius at the Oscars. That was experimental tuxedo sleep art.”

“Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.”

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

“The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People's happiness is as great as they can create it.”