Abi Morgan

Having worked on 'The Hour,' I now feel like I spend my whole time interrogating history. ”

I still always think the greatest moment for me, as a writer, is when I press that button and send the first draft of the script. ”

I never know if I'm the builder or architect. The role shifts all the time. But what I have come to conclude is that the script is the muse. ”

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

I think film and television - particularly film - you are very isolated as a writer. If you're lucky, you have a good relationship with the director. Then you do make that development and come on set and be part of something. But ultimately, your work is kind of done by the time you come on set. ”

Even if you've been a coward all your life, death is a heroic act. ”

It's quite good when you fall flat on your bum on a creative level. Critics can hate what I do, or I've got something completely wrong, and it's good because that ego thing gets zapped for a while. ”

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. ”

There is an invisible aspect of being a writer; none of it is about you. It's about your work, and that's what it should be. ”

I work from about 8:30 A.M. until 7 P.M., five days a week, when I'm not sneaking off to buy another bar of chocolate. ”