Movie Quotes by Errol Morris

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

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

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

There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it.

— Errol Morris

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

The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.

— Errol Morris

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

Maybe [killers] is one of my real passions. Why deny it?

— Errol Morris

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

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

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

The fact that the world is utterly insane makes it tolerable.

— Errol Morris

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

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

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