Errol Morris

I feel as if I became a documentary film-maker only because I had writer's block for four decades. There's no other good…

— Errol Morris

Did you know that Nuremberg courtroom was designed so that the Allies could project movies during the trial? And, also so that…

— Errol Morris

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

I believe that we face incredible obstacles in our attempts to see the world. Everything in our nature tries to deny the…

— Errol Morris

They say seeing is believing, but the opposite is true. Believing is seeing.

— Errol Morris

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

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

— Errol Morris

There are endless anxieties in putting a film together, and it's an enormous relief when you know it's working with an audience.

— Errol Morris

But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story.

— Errol Morris

My advice to all interviewers is: Shut up and listen. It's harder than it sounds.

— Errol Morris

I remember on page one of The New York Times the article about Fred Leuchter. The heading was "Can Capital Punishment Be…

— Errol Morris

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

Photographs attract false beliefs the way flypaper attracts flies.

— Errol Morris

First of all, tabloid stories are some of the richest and most important stories that we have. There's nothing wrong, per se,…

— Errol Morris

I've always loved [Elsa Dorfman] work. I've loved her and her work is so much an expression of her. One of the…

— Errol Morris

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

I've been involved in doing advertising for various elections and I just couldn't see doing anti-Trump advertising in this election. My line…

— Errol Morris

The smarter people I know declined to watch the most recent debate [with Donald Trump].

— Errol Morris

You know, I actually like doing commercials. I don't like doing them to the exclusion of everything else, but I like doing…

— Errol Morris

A lot of stories that have fascinated me are tabloid stories that have come from other newspapers, like 'The New York Times.'

— Errol Morris

We all know that yellow journalism didn't just happen a week ago or a month ago, that yellow journalism has probably been…

— Errol Morris

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

What is it that angers us?... We have been tricked. In essence, we have been lied to. The problem is not that…

— Errol Morris

I think calling someone a character is a compliment.

— Errol Morris

If you think you're going to create an unposed photograph, think again. There is no such thing.

— Errol Morris