I'm a woman, and I'm interested in writing stories from a female perspective. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I think film and television - particularly film - you are very isolated as a writer. If you're lucky, you have a… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Plays are painful. But the very act of writing is a basic freedom denied some women. Some would call it a privilege.… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
All work is a process of failure. Every single thing I write, I look at it and go, 'Do better. That's not… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Chaos is my natural habitat. I write about chaotic situations and about people finding their way through the chaos, the hope that… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I got dumped off 'The Iron Lady' a month before they started shooting, and then they brought two new writers on. Then… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I still always think the greatest moment for me, as a writer, is when I press that button and send the first… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I write an actual script rather quickly - a draft will take me two weeks - but I write a lot of… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I think, in some ways, there's a point as a television writer that 'executive producer' is the natural credit you get, and… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
As a writer, you're not even at the party when you work in film. At best, you're the one laying out the… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm a writer of fiction. I try to write about my time, but it's dangerous if I'm seen as an investigative writer.… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
The notion of having your muse was not something that was built for women originally. That's not to say women don't have… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
The process of re-writing and writing and re-writing means that you may have a brilliant phrase, but over time it distills and… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I never get writer's block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I always say writing a play is like toothache: I find it incredibly painful, and it's only once the play's out that… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Most of screenplay writing is deciding which voices you want to listen to and take on board. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
The joy for me as a writer is that, despite the fact I spend most of my life on my own in… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
There are so many actresses I want to write for. I see them, and I think, 'Why is she not playing that… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Writing a film is like giving birth to a baby and then giving it up for adoption. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I think age is really changing how I write and the themes that I connect with. But there are also things I'm… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
There is an invisible aspect of being a writer; none of it is about you. It's about your work, and that's what… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm so straight and boring, really. I have two kids and a very nice partner. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I never know if I'm the builder or architect. The role shifts all the time. But what I have come to conclude is that… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I think theater is very much my natural home. But the truth is that the older I've got, and the more I've written film… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
Plays are the marathon of scriptwriting. You fix on a point somewhere in the middle distance, and you start running, and you don't stop… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I hope my pieces have an authenticity to them, but my job is to filter the world and tell a story, not to define… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I think casting is everything. You get a great cast and - certainly, as happens in 'The Hour' - so many of those performances… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I try to stay focused on the work and recognize that I've been very lucky. Maybe it's 'cause I grew up with actors, but… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
When you see in this country and every other part of the world the huge pay disparity - in Hollywood, in every profession in… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book. — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
