A biography for Klaus Kinskihasn’t been written yet.
“The truth is, I can never die. For I will be in everything and see you in everything and watch over you. I am your reaction in the water of a mountain lake.”
“I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague, more than ever.”
“People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.”
“I am dying of hunger.”
“I didn't choose solitude.”
“The ultimate acting is to destroy yourself.”
“Whenever I was with a woman, I always sort of want another one. So there was always another one. I can't explain this.”
“But words - words are not enough!”
“In a way, everything concerning a movie leaves me cold.”
“Sometimes my heart hurts so much, I beat it with my fists. I try to run. But you cannot run from this. It waits for you. Even when you think you have escaped it, it is there.”
“What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said.”
“When you are there, you are. With words, you aren't.”
“I don't need anybody to tell me how to be alive.”