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" I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity. "
Werner Herzog
Creativity
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" I have nothing against 3D films but I do not need to see them. "
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" 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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" Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. "
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" The universe is not harmonious: you know that by looking outside. "
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" I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews. "
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" I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books. "
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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. "
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" I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office. "
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" I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard. "
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" Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life. "
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