For a moment the feeling crept over me that my work, my vision, is going to destroy me, and for a fleeting moment I let myself take a long, hard look… - Werner Herzog

" "

For a moment the feeling crept over me that my work, my vision, is going to destroy me, and for a fleeting moment I let myself take a long, hard look at myself, something I would not otherwise do — out of instinct, on principle, out of self-preservation — look at myself with objective curiosity to see whether my vision has not destroyed me already. I found it comforting to note that I was still breathing.