Abi Morgan

“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.”

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

“What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.”

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

“I write an actual script rather quickly - a draft will take me two weeks - but I write a lot of drafts. My big thing is I don't re-read. When I write, I never re-read back. I'll send it, because if I re-read back, it will cripple me.”

“I like bowling with my kids at Shoreditch House.”

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

“Writing comedy is a superpower.”

“My greatest love is my children, and they have inspired me to fight and stand up for the right things.”

“I'm a cheap date.”

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

“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.”

“I think there is a difference between connecting with a character and supporting and believing their policies.”

“I always say writing a play is like toothache: I find it incredibly painful, and it's only once the play's out that the pain is gone.”

“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.'”

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

“I don't look back. I don't look forward. I am totally now.”

“'Tender' is my most strongly autobiographical play.”

“I literally grew up in drama. I used to watch drama - the catharsis of the play - then see drama at home.”

“I talk to myself all the time - it's something my children have observed in the car.”