Of course I do things in my voice in my commentary, which I wrote.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

[ Digital revolution ] only has allowed me to work faster, editing digitally, which I'm doing right now, a film on volcanoes. I can edit almost as fast as I'm thinking, editing with celluloid means always searching for this little reel of film, and number it, and scribble on it with some sort of pens, and gluing it together, and working on a flatbed. It's much, much slower.

I do whatever pushes me hardest. It's coming at me and I try to... it's like uninvited guest and I have to wrestle them out the door or through the window - get them out and get over with them quickly.

May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.

Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.