Fantabulous 23 Selected Quotes From Abi Morgan

Fantabulous 23 Selected Quotes From Abi Morgane

I can go to the BBC and say, 'OK, my next drama is for women, and it is diverse women.' I take that to America, however, and I have another set of conversations.

— Abi Morgan

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

— Abi Morgan

Yes, I've heard of the 'Mad Men' comparisons, but I like to think 'The Hour' has its own distinctive voice. Although it is set in 1956, I have tried to give it a contemporary edge, and its themes of love, passion, romance, fury, professional jealousy, and personal failure are universal, I think.

— Abi Morgan

Cornelia Parker has inspired a lot of my theatre work. Her art is about points of impact: it's poetic but with a strong literal story.

— Abi Morgan

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 and television, I find it incredibly hard to write theater.

— Abi Morgan

I can understand a family that's imploding. I have experience of that in my own life.

— Abi Morgan

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

— Abi Morgan

To be honest, if I was going to have any kind of fantasy, be it left-wing or otherwise, it wouldn't involve Margaret Thatcher.

— Abi Morgan

I'm a woman, and I'm interested in writing stories from a female perspective.

— Abi Morgan

'Splendour' broke through to new territory for me. It exposed my commitment to writing for women: my desire to recognise that they can be as aggressive, violent, mercurial, and complex as men.

— Abi Morgan

'Tender' is my most strongly autobiographical play.

— Abi Morgan

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

— Abi Morgan

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 train.

— Abi Morgan

There are so many actresses I want to write for. I see them, and I think, 'Why is she not playing that lead? What's happened to that actress?' I think all I can do is to write parts for women, to say, 'Keep going, keep acting, because there are parts for you. There will be those plays.'

— Abi Morgan

Having a daughter has reawakened my sense of feminism. I want to protect her.

— Abi Morgan

One of the things I think I can do in my lifetime is stop to remind myself that - and keep affirming that - women can sell movies.

— Abi Morgan

I'd love to know what the future looks like.

— Abi Morgan

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 I've seen that recognition comes and goes, so all there really is is your family and friends. You have to maintain those constants in your life. Maintain what's beyond your work.

— Abi Morgan

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. I manipulate and change and control.

— Abi Morgan

I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book.

— Abi Morgan

If the world is in complete flux for me and life is falling apart, if I just manage to get myself in front of a computer or at my desk, it calms.

— Abi Morgan

When people say to me, 'You're so prolific!' it's, like, no, I'm just hopeless with money.

— Abi Morgan

I know what it's like to be brought up by actors and writers.

— Abi Morgan

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