If you're a journalist - and I think, on some level, I'm a journalist, and proud to be a journalist, or a documentarian, however you want to describe it - part of what I do has to be the pursuit of the truth. Errol Morris describedocumentarianjournalist share on social
I taught my son to read with tabloids. We would sit to read the 'Weekly World News' together. Errol Morris newsreadsit Change image and share on social
My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself. Errol Morris insinuateinterviewmovie Change image and share on social
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility. Errol Morris condemnfutilityironic Change image and share on social
But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story. Errol Morris bigdifferencemake Change image and share on social
Certain kinds of intimacy emerge on a phone call that might never occur if you were sitting right next to the other person. Errol Morris callemergeintimacy Change image and share on social
I've been writing a lot more, I believe, because of the Internet. I've been posting stuff that I've written and I've just been writing. Errol Morris haveinternetlot Change image and share on social
Photographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things. Errol Morris concealphotographreveal Change image and share on social
But I can say what interests me about documentary is the fact that you don't know how the story ends at the onset - that you are investigating, with a camera, and the story emerges as you go along. Errol Morris cameradocumentaryemerge Change image and share on social
Interviews, when they are just simply an exercise in hearing what you want to hear, are of no interest. Errol Morris exercisehearinterest Change image and share on social
