Errol Morris

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

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

When you're working for yourself and your own obsession with finding the truth, you're at your own mercy.

Films are neither true nor false. That includes my films, as well as others. They may make claims that are true or false, but films are too complex. They have too many ingredients.

My advice to all interviewers is: Shut up and listen. It's harder than it sounds.

A movie is like a tip of an iceberg, in a way, because so little of what you do in connection with making a movie actually gets into the movie. Almost everything gets left behind.

But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made.

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.

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

I've never made any money off of any of my films. Statement of fact. So without commercial work, I would be in big trouble.

I used to work as a private detective years and years ago.