Abi Morgan

You can't control how an audience responds to something. It's up to them.

— Abi Morgan

I had a huge interior world as a kid: I'd sit on endless wet holidays in Cornwall playing with paper dolls.

— Abi Morgan

I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with…

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I never get writer's block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet.

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I always say writing a play is like toothache: I find it incredibly painful, and it's only once the play's out that…

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Most of screenplay writing is deciding which voices you want to listen to and take on board.

— Abi Morgan

I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.

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Journalism and the news has become not only a means to debate but also to judge and deconstruct celebrity, the news story,…

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I need to be in charge, and that comes from when I was growing up and money was always an issue. I…

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I spent most of the Seventies living in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and most of the Eighties living in Stoke-on-Trent.

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The joy for me as a writer is that, despite the fact I spend most of my life on my own in…

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I am the most tense, annoying person in the world.

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I understand this fear of the word 'feminism,' and I understand the fear of saying it because it becomes as divisive as…

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I am always running away from something.

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I was never cool as a kid.

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'The Iron Lady' is not a biopic. Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep coined it 'King Lear for girls.'

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I don't really read that many magazines; I'm more of a browser. I get 'Vanity Fair' quite often if I'm on a…

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My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life.

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I think I'm always running away from somewhere, and to me, theatre's always felt like a good place to run away to.

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I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open,…

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The thing I love about London is that it is filled with migrants, including myself.

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There are so many actresses I want to write for. I see them, and I think, 'Why is she not playing that…

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I talk to myself all the time - it's something my children have observed in the car.

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I didn't take into account the critical tsunami that comes with having work going out. I've gone from being a complete narcissist,…

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Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights.

— Abi Morgan