Werner Herzog

I don't make films to send messages.

I'm not interested in making films that are easy to watch.

The human brain is a factory of dreams and nightmares.

I believe in ecstasy. I believe in rapture. I believe in dreams.

If I have to die, I will die with my boots on.

The best stories are the ones that are not true.

I believe the common denominator of the universe is not electricity, or even energy, but fear.

I would rather die than see a film by Woody Allen.

The jungle is not a paradise. It is a place of unspeakable horrors.

I have often said that the only true currency in this world is human kindness. And I have yet to find anyone who would trade me a single dollar for a single act of kindness.

Civilization is a thin veneer over a boiling cauldron of chaos.

I am not afraid of failure. I am afraid of not living up to my own standards.

The only way to achieve true freedom is to embrace your own madness.

I have always believed that the best way to learn about life is to put yourself in uncomfortable situations.

The world is full of beauty, but it is also full of terror.

I don't think there's any such thing as objective reality. There's only subjective reality.

I'm not interested in making films that are easy to watch. I'm interested in making films that are difficult to forget.

I often feel like I'm an alien who has landed on this planet and is trying to understand human behavior.

I believe that the only true way to learn is through experience, even if that experience is painful.

I have a deep respect for nature, but I also recognize its indifference to human suffering.