Errol Morris

“We're all tourists in our own histories.”

“I think the most important thing that I've learned is that we are a bunch of fallible human beings.”

“Truth isn't guaranteed. It's something you have to fight for.”

“Human beings are not rational animals. We are rationalizing animals.”

“I'm interested in how people construct their own versions of reality.”

“The fact that you can't be 100 percent sure doesn't mean you have to be 0 percent sure.”

“Irony is one of the last refuges of the powerless.”

“The camera is an instrument of investigation, not a means of projecting a preconceived idea.”

“We all live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.”

“Memory is not a recording device. It's a constructive process.”

“Photographs don't tell the truth. They are just a version of the truth.”

“I believe that we are all self-deceiving, and we are all deluded.”

“Belief is a beautiful thing. But it's a dangerous thing as well.”

“The world is not a puzzle to be solved; it is a mystery to be experienced.”

“Certainty is the enemy of truth.”

“Reality is not a matter of opinion.”

“Documentary is a quest.”

“It seems to me that the world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”