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

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

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

Writing a film is like giving birth to a baby and then giving it up for adoption.

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.

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

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.

I was never cool as a kid.