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

Writing a film is like giving birth to a baby and then giving it up for adoption.

Abi Morgan

When you see in this country and every other part of the world the huge pay disparity - in Hollywood, in every profession in the U.K., globally - and you see what is happening to women in every country socially and culturally, you can't not be a feminist.

Abi Morgan

Chaos is my natural habitat. I write about chaotic situations and about people finding their way through the chaos, the hope that you can find your way.

Abi Morgan

If the world is in complete flux for me and life is falling apart, if I just manage to get myself in front of a computer or at my desk, it calms.

Abi Morgan

I got dumped off 'The Iron Lady' a month before they started shooting, and then they brought two new writers on. Then I was brought back on again. I'm just a bit of a rubber ball. I just bounce back.

Abi Morgan

Really, feminism is just about equality, and that's all. It's just saying equal rights.

Abi Morgan

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

Abi Morgan

I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else.

Abi Morgan

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.

Abi Morgan

I had a huge interior world as a kid: I'd sit on endless wet holidays in Cornwall playing with paper dolls.

Abi Morgan

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.

Abi Morgan

I spent most of the Seventies living in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and most of the Eighties living in Stoke-on-Trent.

Abi Morgan

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

Abi Morgan

'The Iron Lady' is not a biopic. Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep coined it 'King Lear for girls.'

Abi Morgan

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

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

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.

Abi Morgan

I always felt a bit of a nerd, but my family gets me and my oddities. My kids and partner are way cooler than I am, but they let me in the room with them.

Abi Morgan

My parents' divorce was very difficult. Divorce is essentially incredibly painful, but it's also an essential part of life.

Abi Morgan

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

Abi Morgan