Errol Morris

I believe it was probably less than ten minutes that went by from the invention of photography to the point where people realized that they could lie with photographs.

If everything was planned, it would be dreadful. If everything was unplanned, it would be equally dreadful.

I don't believe truth is conveyed by style and presentation. I don't think that if it was grainy and full of handheld material, it would be any more truthful.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick.

The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.