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. Abi Morgan More Quotes by Abi Morgan More Quotes From Abi Morgan I think the great thing about theatre, and if you start in theatre, is that it does build a confidence in poetic themes and ideas. Abi Morgan theatre ideas thinking Most of screenplay writing is deciding which voices you want to listen to and take on board. Abi Morgan boards voice writing I find it fascinating to see other people's photos on social media but I don't upload pictures myself. I don't even know how to. I'm completely digital-phobic. Abi Morgan digital media people The process of re-writing and writing and re-writing means that you may have a brilliant phrase, but over time it distills and distorts and changes. Abi Morgan phrases writing mean I think age is really changing how I write and the themes that I connect with. But there are also things I'm really intrigued about. Abi Morgan age writing thinking 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.' Abi Morgan good work time love 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. Abi Morgan you family work life Feminism isn't just for women. It's for men. Abi Morgan just feminism women men Yes, I've heard of the 'Mad Men' comparisons, but I like to think 'The Hour' has its own distinctive voice. Although it is set in 1956, I have tried to give it a contemporary edge, and its themes of love, passion, romance, fury, professional jealousy, and personal failure are universal, I think. Abi Morgan failure passion love men My mother came to see me in a play when I was a student, and afterwards, I asked her what she thought. She said, 'Honest opinion? No.' Abi Morgan thought me opinion mother Of course I am aware that there is a level of sexism in any large institution, but I find, in television and film, most of the producers are women. Abi Morgan find i-am women television I never get writer's block, but I do have days where I crawl under the duvet. Abi Morgan days get never where Even if you've been a coward all your life, death is a heroic act. Abi Morgan your you life death I didn't take into account the critical tsunami that comes with having work going out. I've gone from being a complete narcissist, someone who googles my own name, to someone who has to work separately from that to avoid creative paralysis. Abi Morgan name someone my-own work I think social media has reinvigorated people's enthusiasm to be active and to engage. Abi Morgan think social-media media people I think I'm always running away from somewhere, and to me, theatre's always felt like a good place to run away to. Abi Morgan place good think me One of the things I think I can do in my lifetime is stop to remind myself that - and keep affirming that - women can sell movies. Abi Morgan movies myself think women Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights. Abi Morgan saying just equal equality I understand this fear of the word 'feminism,' and I understand the fear of saying it because it becomes as divisive as 'sexism' has become. But I know a lot of male feminists. Abi Morgan saying understand know fear I'm a writer of fiction. I try to write about my time, but it's dangerous if I'm seen as an investigative writer. I manipulate and change and control. Abi Morgan control dangerous change time
