The imprimatur of truthfulness does not guarantee truthfulness. People should know better. But they don't. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The smarter people I know declined to watch the most recent debate [with Donald Trump]. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I've had people turn me down. Not all that many, but certainly it happens. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Appearing on the front page of the New York Times even given the state of papers today is still something that's seen… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
One of the strengths of my interviews is that I really, honest to God, have no idea what people are going to… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Simply coming to the perpetrator and delivering the message is Nozick's definition of revenge. And in that sense, Adi is exacting revenge.… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Not suing others does not mean that others won't sue you.If people are desperate enough to think that they can gain some… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I believe it was probably less than ten minutes that went by from the invention of photography to the point where people… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I probably wouldn't have done [ Fred Leuchter story] if it was just a story about an executioner or a holocaust denier,… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
People can burn archives; people can destroy evidence, but to say that history is perishable, that historical evidence is perishable, is different… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
If you told me thirty years ago that people would be parodying documentary films, I never would have believed it. It wasn't… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Twenty to thirty years ago, who was making documentary films? Nobody. Well, relatively few people. It was an art form that had… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Truth exists independent of style. It involves all kinds of issues. Properly considered, it's a quest, a pursuit. To say that vérité… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Tell me what's wrong with this idea: If you're selling to somebody, find someone like that person to sell to them. If… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
There is a documentary element in my films, a very strong documentary element, but by documentary element, I mean an element that's… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
It was assumed that you can't touch evangelical Christians. "Oh, they're the Republican Right. Stay away from those people. Don't even try… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it?… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
It's a kind of honour when I see how many people are imitating the style of how I make films. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I've never had any problem with crazy people. I like crazy people; I probably am a crazy person myself. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
When 'The Thin Blue Line' came out, I was criticized by many people for using reenactments, as if I wasn't dedicated to… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
People often trust low-res images because they look more real. But of course they are not more real, just easier to fake.… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
People think in narratives - in beginnings, middles and ends. The danger when you edit something too severely is that it no… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I used to work as a private detective years and years ago. And my boss gave me this one very simple piece… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
God is greater than anything that man can do or has done. He is not undone by just a train of powder. "Our God… — Errol Morris Copy Share
In the case of The Thin Blue Line, I was surprised actually by many things. I was shooting down in Texas where the actual… — Errol Morris Copy Share
When 'The Thin Blue Line' came out, I was criticized by many people for using reenactments, as if I wasn't dedicated to the truth… — Errol Morris Copy Share
There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it. — Errol Morris Copy Share
Simply coming to the perpetrator and delivering the message is Nozick's definition of revenge. And in that sense, Adi is exacting revenge. When people… — Errol Morris Copy Share
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it. — Errol Morris Copy Share
The chance that any given sentence is a lie, rather than a truth, I think, is fairly great. An intentional lie, a self-deception, a… — Errol Morris Copy Share
I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled anymore. — Errol Morris Copy Share
Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to… — Errol Morris Copy Share
You can talk about a caption underneath a photograph being true or false, because there is a linguistic element. You can claim that a… — Errol Morris Copy Share
Appearing on the front page of the New York Times even given the state of papers today is still something that's seen by a… — Errol Morris Copy Share
You can't tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced. — Errol Morris Copy Share
Tell me what's wrong with this idea: If you're selling to somebody, find someone like that person to sell to them. If you're trying… — Errol Morris Copy Share
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