165 Quotes by Peter Morgan

There are people who are bound journalistically to a code of ethics that means they can't quote something that isn't sourced, whereas what I do is entirely unsourced. I effectively fictionalise history and yet somehow aim at a greater truth.

Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy.

The minute you become a leader of a country, you go into a very small club. You join that sort of pantheon of other world leaders.

As a child, I grew up the son of German immigrant parents, so I grew up being teased and called 'Fritz' at school. When I married my wife and went to live in Vienna, I was teased for being a Brit.

I have no directing ambition whatsoever. And as long as I meet filmmakers like Tom Hooper, Stephen Frears, and others who allow that collaboration, I can't see why I would ever want to direct.

I actually speak fluent German. And I live in Vienna, and I'm married to a Viennese woman.

I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people.

I wrote 'Hereafter' quickly and without mapping it out too much or being too schematic. As an exercise, I think that was incredibly important.

I'm not good at fantasy, no. I have been offered stuff, and I can't get my head around it.