147 Quotes by Errol Morris

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

Do I like tawdry, sleazy stories? Yeah, I do.

I like to think that I'm nonjudgmental, that I can listen and be engaged by almost anything.

Interviews, when they are just simply an exercise in hearing what you want to hear, are of no interest.

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

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 reason.

Language can be used to so many diverse ends. It can be used to clarify and, of course, it can be used to obfuscate, confuse, evade...

When you start talking about the known knowns and the unknown unknowns, you're thrown into a crazy meta-level discussion. Do I know what I know, do I know what I don't know, do I know what I don't know I don't know. It becomes a strange, Lewis Carroll - like nursery rhyme.

Truth and falsity is something that concerns language, it's a property of language.