147 Quotes by 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.

War is such a peculiar thing – inaugurated by the whims of few, affecting the fate of many. It is difficult, if not impossible, thing to understand, yet we feel compelled to describe it as though it has meaning – even virtue. It starts for reasons often hopelessly obscure, meanders on, then stops.

You can’t really trust anybody who doesn’t talk a lot, because how would you know what they’re thinking?