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
I'm one simple way I think I've succeeded was capturing Elsa [Dorfman]. There's something about Elsa, her personality, and her work that… — 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
There is something about the photographs that is endlessly disturbing. The fact that we like to think of them as torture actually… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I… — 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
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
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
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
I don't think that anybody really makes films quite like mine. That's maybe true of any filmmaker. — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I like to think that one of things I've done with non-fiction since the very beginning is to find new ways of… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
If someone tells you that George Bush is not the 43rd president of the United States, they might be engaged in wishful… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
We imagine what this country is, but quite clearly, this country is a mystery. I mean, one of the reasons I did… — 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
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 don't believe that you can talk about a photograph being true or false. I don't think such a claim has any… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
Recently it's become much to my surprise, something that does happen. For example, I used to get almost all of my stories,… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I actually like doing commercials. I don't like doing them to the exclusion of everything else, but I like doing them. The… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I think we get into all kinds of difficulty by saying photographs should be taken in a certain way which guarantees their… — 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
You can't really trust anybody who doesn't talk a lot, because how would you know what they're thinking? — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I like to think that I differ from other interviewers in the sense that I hide my agenda more successfully, and I'm… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 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
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 Image
The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it. — 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 self-deception, a… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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