105 Quotes by Abi Morgan

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

I used to listen to 'Woman's Hour' every morning, but I've discovered that I can't have words on when I'm working.

Usually when I write a movie, I'm lucky if I get one good actress.

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

The joy for me as a writer is that, despite the fact I spend most of my life on my own in a room eating too much chocolate and drinking too much tea, eventually they let me out into the world.

Life experiences inherently change you as a writer. My sense of fury calmed down when I had children and found a loving partner.

Of all the mediums, theatre is the one where you really need to have something to say - because it's just you, the words, and the space.

The older I get, the more I have to think long and hard about what I need to say and why.

'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.