The Collapse of the Stellar Universe

Werner Herzog was promoting a new book. It is called A Guide for the Perplexed.

Paul Holdengräber reminded him of the dictum, attributed to Blaise Pascal, that opens Lessons of Darkness, Herzog's 1992 documentary: "The collapse of the stellar universe will occur --- like creation --- in grandiose splendour."

Herzog repeated it. He said, "Actually, Pascal didn't write that. I wrote that."

Holdengräber said: "But it sounds so very like Pascal."

"Pascal should have written it," Herzog said, of the 17th-century philosopher. "That's why I signed his name."

--- As reported by James Camp
The Guardian
7 September 2014