Only self-hatred could lead him to ruin himself because his heart was "broken.

I would like to explain that I consider prayer above all an act of gratitude for existence.

A good novel is worth more then the best scientific study.

I pretended not to understand. One of life's hardest jobs, to make a quick understanding slow. I think I succeeded, thought Herzog.

Open discussion of many major public questions has for some time now been taboo. We can't open our mouths without being denounced as racists, misogynists, supremacists, imperialists or fascists. As for the media, they stand ready to trash anyone so designated.

In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.

It's not up to me ... to make the world consistent.