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Errol Morris Quotes: "I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable."

I like to point out that people very often confuse the idea that truth is subjective with the fact that truth is perishable.



Errol Morris Quotes: "People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or not. They like it to have that imprimatur of respectability, of genuineness."

People like nonfiction presented to them in a certain way, so that they don't have to think about whether it's true or not. They like it to have that imprimatur of respectability, of genuineness.




Errol Morris Quotes: "They say seeing is believing, but the opposite is true. Believing is seeing."

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



Errol Morris Quotes: "I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious."

I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.




Errol Morris Quotes: "My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself."

My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Everything is a reenactment. We are reenacting the world in the mind. The world is not inside there. It does not reside in the gray matter of the brain."

Everything is a reenactment. We are reenacting the world in the mind. The world is not inside there. It does not reside in the gray matter of the brain.



Errol Morris Quotes: "The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it."

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




Errol Morris Quotes: "I think calling someone a character is a compliment."

I think calling someone a character is a compliment.



Errol Morris Quotes: "What is it that angers us?... We have been tricked. In essence, we have been lied to. The problem is not that the photograph has been manipulated, but that we have been manipulated by the photograph."

What is it that angers us?... We have been tricked. In essence, we have been lied to. The problem is not that the photograph has been manipulated, but that we have been manipulated by the photograph.



Errol Morris Quotes: "We falsely interpret the world around us. We ignore evidence that doesn't support our prior beliefs and we convince ourselves we know things we don. We think we know things we don't know."

We falsely interpret the world around us. We ignore evidence that doesn't support our prior beliefs and we convince ourselves we know things we don. We think we know things we don't know.



Errol Morris Quotes: "The imprimatur of truthfulness does not guarantee truthfulness. People should know better. But they don't."

The imprimatur of truthfulness does not guarantee truthfulness. People should know better. But they don't.



Errol Morris Quotes: "What's interesting is that Citizen Kane was meant as an anti-fascist/anti-capitalist melodrama and for Donald Trump it becomes just another kind of misogynistic claim that misses the point."

What's interesting is that Citizen Kane was meant as an anti-fascist/anti-capitalist melodrama and for Donald Trump it becomes just another kind of misogynistic claim that misses the point.




Errol Morris Quotes: "I think we get into all kinds of difficulty by saying photographs should be taken in a certain way which guarantees their veracity. I think that's a slippery slope to hell."

I think we get into all kinds of difficulty by saying photographs should be taken in a certain way which guarantees their veracity. I think that's a slippery slope to hell.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Those who cannot condemn the past repeat it in order to remember it."

Those who cannot condemn the past repeat it in order to remember it.



Errol Morris Quotes: "There is such a thing as truth, but we have a vested interest in not seeing it, in avoiding it."

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



Errol Morris Quotes: "Truth and falsity is something that concerns language, it's a property of language."

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



Errol Morris Quotes: "There is something about the photographs that is endlessly disturbing. The fact that we like to think of them as torture actually hides what is really deeply offensive about them."

There is something about the photographs that is endlessly disturbing. The fact that we like to think of them as torture actually hides what is really deeply offensive about them.



Errol Morris Quotes: "I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I had trouble finishing things."

I never intended to be a documentary filmmaker. I think I became a documentary filmmaker because I had trouble writing, and I had trouble finishing things.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Mike Wallace's interviews may make great television, but they don't produce great evidence."

Mike Wallace's interviews may make great television, but they don't produce great evidence.



Errol Morris Quotes: "There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side."

There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side.



Errol Morris Quotes: "There are artists who are very well known and many of us feel they should be less well known, while there are others who aren't well known and many feel deserve more attention."

There are artists who are very well known and many of us feel they should be less well known, while there are others who aren't well known and many feel deserve more attention.



Errol Morris Quotes: "I've always loved [Elsa Dorfman] work. I've loved her and her work is so much an expression of her. One of the reasons to make the film is to expose Elsa, hopefully, to a wider audience."

I've always loved [Elsa Dorfman] work. I've loved her and her work is so much an expression of her. One of the reasons to make the film is to expose Elsa, hopefully, to a wider audience.



Errol Morris Quotes: "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 I believe is there."

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 I believe is there.



Errol Morris Quotes: "I actually felt diminished by watching [Donald Trump's]. If this is what discourse has become in America, who even wants to know about it? It's just too demoralizing and unsettling."

I actually felt diminished by watching [Donald Trump's]. If this is what discourse has become in America, who even wants to know about it? It's just too demoralizing and unsettling.



Errol Morris Quotes: "It's a kind of honour when I see how many people are imitating the style of how I make films."

It's a kind of honour when I see how many people are imitating the style of how I make films.



Errol Morris Quotes: "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 lot of people."

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 lot of people.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Maybe today I would call Fred Leuchter and there would be two or three other documentary filmmakers interested in his story simply because of the exposure."

Maybe today I would call Fred Leuchter and there would be two or three other documentary filmmakers interested in his story simply because of the exposure.



Errol Morris Quotes: "I've had people turn me down. Not all that many, but certainly it happens."

I've had people turn me down. Not all that many, but certainly it happens.



Errol Morris Quotes: "It's so much easier to make a movie about someone who is so likeable that you just want to get out of the way."

It's so much easier to make a movie about someone who is so likeable that you just want to get out of the way.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Not suing others does not mean that others won't sue you.If people are desperate enough to think that they can gain some kind of financial advantage, they'll sue."

Not suing others does not mean that others won't sue you.If people are desperate enough to think that they can gain some kind of financial advantage, they'll sue.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to me a good thing."

Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to me a good thing.



Errol Morris Quotes: "You know, anything more negative, anything more disparaging, anything more adversarial than what [Donald Trump] does already. The mystery is how he's gotten as far as he's gotten."

You know, anything more negative, anything more disparaging, anything more adversarial than what [Donald Trump] does already. The mystery is how he's gotten as far as he's gotten.



Errol Morris Quotes: "I asked [Donald Trump] if he had any advice for Charles Foster Kane and he said, "Yeah, get yourself a different woman.""

I asked [Donald Trump] if he had any advice for Charles Foster Kane and he said, "Yeah, get yourself a different woman."



Errol Morris Quotes: "We live in a very litigious society. I've never sued anybody. I certainly can imagine a situation where I might sue, but it seems more or less in bad taste."

We live in a very litigious society. I've never sued anybody. I certainly can imagine a situation where I might sue, but it seems more or less in bad taste.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Maybe [killers] is one of my real passions. Why deny it?"

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



Errol Morris Quotes: "Long, long before I became a filmmaker I was talking to killers. Filmmaking was an after thought."

Long, long before I became a filmmaker I was talking to killers. Filmmaking was an after thought.



Errol Morris Quotes: "In fact, part of the Netflix series is drama.Beyond re-enactments. Why not invent something new?"

In fact, part of the Netflix series is drama.Beyond re-enactments. Why not invent something new?



Errol Morris Quotes: "I'm asked unendingly to become involved in series involving true crime and as it so happens the Netflix series that I'm working on is about a true crime."

I'm asked unendingly to become involved in series involving true crime and as it so happens the Netflix series that I'm working on is about a true crime.



Errol Morris Quotes: "The smarter people I know declined to watch the most recent debate [with Donald Trump]."

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



Errol Morris Quotes: "I don't think that anybody really makes films quite like mine. That's maybe true of any filmmaker."

I don't think that anybody really makes films quite like mine. That's maybe true of any filmmaker.



Errol Morris Quotes: "The way I go about making a movie... even the ones that are interview-driven, I go into them not knowing what's going to happen, and feeling my way through."

The way I go about making a movie... even the ones that are interview-driven, I go into them not knowing what's going to happen, and feeling my way through.



Errol Morris Quotes: "The first Polaroid ever took of someone in my family was my son when he was about four years old."

The first Polaroid ever took of someone in my family was my son when he was about four years old.



Errol Morris Quotes: "I like to think that one of things I've done with non-fiction since the very beginning is to find new ways of telling true stories."

I like to think that one of things I've done with non-fiction since the very beginning is to find new ways of telling true stories.



Errol Morris Quotes: "It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit ."

It's pretty clear that fame isn't inextricably connected with merit .



Errol Morris Quotes: "I used to say that interviewing others was perhaps the way I could stop talking and start listening. It's a kind of enforced silence."

I used to say that interviewing others was perhaps the way I could stop talking and start listening. It's a kind of enforced silence.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Think of my movies as heightening our awareness, not confusing the difference between truth and fiction, but heightening our awareness of how confused we can become about what is real."

Think of my movies as heightening our awareness, not confusing the difference between truth and fiction, but heightening our awareness of how confused we can become about what is real.



Errol Morris Quotes: "Film is lies at twenty-four frames a second."

Film is lies at twenty-four frames a second.



Errol Morris Quotes: "There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth emerges."

There's this crazy thinking that style guarantees truth. You go out with a hand-held camera, use available light, and somehow the truth emerges.



Errol Morris Quotes: "One of the strengths of my interviews is that I really, honest to God, have no idea what people are going to say."

One of the strengths of my interviews is that I really, honest to God, have no idea what people are going to say.