312 Quotes by Werner Herzog

"I think there should be holy war against yoga classes."

"I'm not a citizen of America, I cannot vote. But it is fascinating because there's a new kind of protagonist out there that we didn't expect. By the way, I'm not in any panic at all."

"I never planned my career in steps. It's all coming at me like burglars in the night."

"I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century."

""Jack Reacher" was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror."

"It has always been my aim to find that sort of passion and figure out how to transform it into cinema.Timothy Treadwell's footage was almost like a diary, and he had always dreamt of becoming the movie star in his own gigantic production."

"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."

"Amos Vogel was a mentor, a guiding light for me. In his presence, you always rose. But his importance to me is of minor significance. What is significant is that with him an entire epoch ends. The Last Lion has left us.I am still not capable - or rather unwilling - to understand the fact that Amos passed away, because a man like him cannot be dead. His traces are everywhere."

"Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was that."

"I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground."