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April 25, 2009
Werner rephrases
Sometimes Mr. Herzog rephrases a thought and it comes out all the better in front of an inventive writer like Will Self: "With his 
astonishing work rate, I asked him how he felt about the films he had completed. 'They are like burglars in the night who all of a sudden raid your home—you’ve got to get them out! Or rather, you open the door to let one guest in, and suddenly 85 people are swarming all over you.' When the unwanted guests burst in, I asked him, did he know if they were feature films or documentaries or, indeed, operas—which he has been known to direct—or books—which he has been known to write (he has a new one out, about Fitzcarraldo, this summer)? 'Only when I wrestle with them, and I feel their skin and sniff their scent, do I make a distinction.'"
Posted by Ray Pride at April 25, 2009 02:31 PM
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