Truth and falsity is something that concerns language, it's a property of language. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The imprimatur of truthfulness does not guarantee truthfulness. People should know better. But they don't. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth… — 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
The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity. — 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
There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it. — 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
All alone - shorn of context, without captions - a photograph is neither true nor false… For truth, properly considered, is about… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
If you're a journalist - and I think, on some level, I'm a journalist, and proud to be a journalist, or a… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Truth is a pursuit, it's a quest. And proof is certainly in the pudding in this particular instance, because the film, and… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I don't believe truth is conveyed by style and presentation. I don't think that if it was grainy and full of handheld… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The chance that any given sentence is a lie, rather than a truth, I think, is fairly great. An intentional lie, a… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Think of my movies as heightening our awareness, not confusing the difference between truth and fiction, but heightening our awareness of how… — 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
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
You can ask yourself, if a film makes a claim, is the claim true or false? Having said that, a style of… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Finding truth involves some kind of activity. As I like to point out, truth isn't handed to you on a platter. It's… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
My films are as much concerned with truth as anything in vérité. Maybe more so. — 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
