Abi Morgan Quotes

When you're writing, it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea.

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.

Writing can be a very solitary business. It's you sat at a desk typing words into a computer. It can get lonely sometimes and lots of writers live quite isolated lives.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

For years, I was watching other people have so much fun playing out their version of authorship, like Louis C.K. and Larry David. As I watched them do their thing, I began to pine for the days when I had a lot less expected of me and, often, a lot more creative freedom. The courage that those guys have is always captivating to me.

I was sitting in the toilet and I was by myself. I was tired of playing with the roller, so I said I'd better write a book.

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

Being lonely is not a bad thing for a writer.

Growing up, I didn't know any writers and felt somewhat isolated.

I didn't have a lot of friends. I just walked around a lot and made up stories in my head. Then I'd go home and write them down. That's how I got started.

Writing is a lonely process.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination.

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

You can't wait for someone to give you a show. That can't be the first time you're writing and drawing a character.

I prefer writing originals.

When I write a story, I have no idea what I'm doing. All I know is that I want to share something with my readers. The whole idea of writing is this place where you lose control, where you're irresponsible - it's a very liberating place.

After 'Memory Keeper's Daughter,' it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the Internet and sort of cloister myself away from the world again and sink into that psychic space to write again.

The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.

I just want to sit in my room and write books.

Because some of my at-home life was rough and lonely, I often looked to escape into my imagination. Science fiction provided a deep well to pull from and was something easily accessible to me.

I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

I think to be writer you have to enjoy being alone. I was a loner as a teenager and was always drawn to characters in books and films who were at the fringes.

I try and make little stories. Whether it's with a pencil or with bits of records, it's really the same thing.

Solitude is a breeding ground for idiosyncrasy, and I relish that about it, the way it liberates whim.

And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.