Author: Abi Morgan

Quotes

All work is a process of failure. Every single thing I write, I look at it and go, 'Do better. That's not good enough. Do better.' And so, that keeps me up at night.

All work is a process of failure. Every single thing I write, I look at it and go, 'Do better. That's not good enough. Do better.' And so, that keeps me up at night.

- Abi Morgan

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

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

- 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.

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'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.

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 hope my pieces have an authenticity to them, but my job is to filter the world and tell a story, not to define and recreate exactly what's going on.

I hope my pieces have an authenticity to them, but my job is to filter the world and tell a story, not to define and recreate exactly what's going on.

- Abi Morgan

Good writing is often about trying to investigate something you feel is missing and trying to put it back.

Good writing is often about trying to investigate something you feel is missing and trying to put it back.

- Abi Morgan

I understand this fear of the word 'feminism,' and I understand the fear of saying it because it becomes as divisive as 'sexism' has become. But I know a lot of male feminists.

I understand this fear of the word 'feminism,' and I understand the fear of saying it because it becomes as divisive as 'sexism' has become. But I know a lot of male feminists.

- Abi Morgan

If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.

If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.

- Abi Morgan

Most good work is a combination of parts you love and parts you could do better. My constant mantra is, 'Next time, next time, next time.'

Most good work is a combination of parts you love and parts you could do better. My constant mantra is, 'Next time, next time, next time.'

- Abi Morgan

Similar Authors: