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" I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can't get rid of them. I did not invite them. "

Werner Herzog

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" The universe is not harmonious: you know that by looking outside. "

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" You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise. "

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" Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. "

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" Technology has a great advantage in that we are capable of creating dinosaurs and show them on the screen even though they are extinct 65 million years. All of a sudden, we have a fantastic tool that is as good as dreams are. "

" Life on our planet has been a constant series of cataclysmic events, and we are more suitable for extinction than a trilobite or a reptile. So we will vanish. There's no doubt in my heart. "

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" I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. "

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" I live my life outside of the glitz and glamour of the red carpet events, and so you'll never see me there. I'm never at parties. "

" I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush. "

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" If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn't matter whether you're bold or cowardly, or whether you're stupid or intelligent. Doesn't get you anywhere. "

" I'm not into digital marketing, downloading, or streaming - I've always been a man of the theaters. "

" I'm not an activist. "

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" I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on the sidewalk. "

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" I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard. "