Ep. 510: On Nature and Suffering with Werner Herzog

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Steve Rinella mentions he started reading Herzog's new book, which is Herzog's memoir about his life. He states 'I didn't realize the extent of the poverty that you grew up in' after reading it.

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Herzog references his own book when discussing his views on the jungle, saying 'I say it also in in some written texts in my book Conquest of the Useless.'

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Herzog uses Don Quixote as a metaphor when discussing Fitzcarraldo, mentioning 'don Quixote tackling with his lance the windmills' as something 'described, of course by Cervantes' that represents a metaphor dormant in us.

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Herzog references Moby Dick when discussing big metaphors: 'or Moby Dick the Hunt for the White Whale, things like that' as examples of dormant metaphors within us.

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Herzog mentions writing this novel, stating 'I would not write a novel like The Twilight World in English. I write it in German and it's translated.'