Books Mentioned in This Episode

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Episode: 120. Werner Herzog Thinks His Films Are a Distraction | People I (Mostly) Admire

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

Every Man for Himself and God Against All Cover

Every Man for Himself and God Against All

by Werner Herzog

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"Reading his recent memoir entitled 'Every Man for Himself and God Against All,' one can't help but think that Werner Herzog himself isn't so different."
Every Man for Himself and God Against All Cover

Every Man for Himself and God Against All

by Werner Herzog

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"So Werner, you've had a truly remarkable life, and you tell your story in a new memoir entitled 'Every Man for Himself and God Against All.'"
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Winnie-the-Pooh

by A. A. Milne

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"In one case, one of the packages contained a book, and it was Winnie the Pooh."
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Werner Herzog - Of Walking in Ice

by Werner Herzog

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"And of course, my first book, 'Walking in Ice,' when I traveled on foot from Munich to Paris, writing has been all the time equally tied to filmmaking."
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Twilight World

by Werner Herzog

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"Then another one of your books that has had a tremendous impact on me, I think about it all the time, it's called 'The Twilight World.' Could you talk a bit about Hero Onoda's story and how you came to know him?"
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Freakonomics

by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Andrea Montero Cusset

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"My own experience with movies is somewhat like what you're describing; they made a documentary about our book for economics, and it played in theaters."