A biography for Abi Morganhasn’t been written yet.
“I never get writer's block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet.”
“The world can make you very angry.”
“I am the most tense, annoying person in the world.”
“I'm the world's worst at reading reviews and then pretending I've read the book.”
“I was never cool as a kid.”
“As a writer, you're not even at the party when you work in film. At best, you're the one laying out the canapes.”
“Eddie Marsan is just my favourite actor of all time. I love everything he's been in, so it's a dream come true to work with him.”
“Feminism isn't just for women. It's for men.”
“I think casting is everything. You get a great cast and - certainly, as happens in 'The Hour' - so many of those performances on the page were transformed by those actors who took those parts and made it into something completely different.”
“My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life.”
“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.”
“I need to be in charge, and that comes from when I was growing up and money was always an issue. I didn't want to feel the fear of poverty again, and I suppose, in that way, I qualify as Thatcher Youth.”
“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 wrote a play for Miu Miu called 'The Moment Is the Present, That's Why It's Called a Gift.' Instead of doing a catwalk show, all the actors wore the clothes and performed a 20-minute play.”
“The thing I love about London is that it is filled with migrants, including myself.”
“Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights.”
“The notion of having your muse was not something that was built for women originally. That's not to say women don't have muses. I get muses in terms of actors or writers who inspire me, so I understand the concept.”
“I always deeply admire people who can stay still in a room and wait for people to come to them.”
“I can understand a family that's imploding. I have experience of that in my own life.”