Abi Morgan Quotes

It seems to me the big weakness in most films is the writing. You can learn directing, but you can't learn writing.

Directing is not on my agenda, but writing is. I want to write everything from action, superhero films to quiet dramas, smaller films.

A writer doesn't really have much of a function on a movie set.

High-concept one-liners were huge when I got my start in the film industry.

The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would rather make the movies, and I'm a better moviemaker than I would be writer.

I love making movies and hope to write my own screenplay someday and do some producing and be behind-the-scenes as well.

I want to create content for TV and films.

I love the process of filmmaking. I understood that you have to be a writer in order to be a director.

I make different films now.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

I enjoy looking at words on paper and visualizing how to make them come to life. As a director, the creative process is really amazing.

A great screenplay makes everybody step up to the bar and deliver.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

There are different reasons to make movies.

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

I like making movies.

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay.

I just like to act and write and produce. To me, making movies is the ultimate goal.

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

I want to go wherever there's great work. I'm a huge fan of film primarily. But you can get a great TV show and get attached to it. Making a great film is forever, though, so I always want to be part of film. It's my first love.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

I just really loved films and thought I should be writing screenplays.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.

I like telling stories, I like movies, and I want to work on films. I think I would feel safer behind the camera.