The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I taught my son to read with tabloids. We would sit to read the 'Weekly World News' together. — 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
We falsely interpret the world around us. We ignore evidence that doesn't support our prior beliefs and we convince ourselves we know… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
The claim that everybody sees the world differently is not a claim that there's no reality. It's a different kind of claim. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Part of the mystery of any given photograph is the fact that it was taken at a certain time and in a… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Despite all of our efforts to control something, the world is much, much more powerful than us, and more deranged even than… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Everything is a reenactment. We are reenacting the world in the mind. The world is not inside there. It does not reside… — 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
I believe that we face incredible obstacles in our attempts to see the world. Everything in our nature tries to deny the… — 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
