There is a documentary element in my films, a very strong documentary element, but by documentary element, I mean an element that's out of control, t…

- Errol Morris

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

- Errol Morris

I believe we have two ideas about how movies are made in our heads. Idealizations. Platonic ideals. One of them is of a movie that is completely unco…

- Errol Morris

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.

- Errol Morris

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

- Errol Morris

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

People can burn archives; people can destroy evidence, but to say that history is perishable, that historical evidence is perishable, is different th…

- Errol Morris

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

If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves th…

- Errol Morris