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" Nixon had lists upon lists upon lists. They were tragic lists saying, 'Smile more,' or, 'Be stronger - remember, it is your job to spiritually uplift the nation.' This understanding of his limitations is heartbreaking. "

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Peter Morgan

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" I actually speak fluent German. And I live in Vienna, and I'm married to a Viennese woman. "

" I have always cited the decision by director Stephen Frears to shoot 'Mrs. Henderson Presents' before my script of 'The Queen' as the reason for my taking the plunge as a playwright. "

" It is a fairly serious thing that you're doing if you're writing about people who are still alive and who still have a role in public life. Sometimes you don't want to be reminded too much of the responsibility. "

" By nature of the job, most actors are striking, remarkable, and alpha. "

" I am drawn to characters so full of internal contradictions. Idi Amin was one. I loved writing him. "

" It was so interesting to discover Nixon was a Californian. I always think Nixon should come from a cold place. "

" There's nothing wrong with anybody from any other country having a perspective on the British royal family. It would be interesting. But I just doubt that they would get the dialogue right. "

" As any showrunner will tell you, it is crushing work. It is around the clock. It is like a monastic commitment that you make. "

" There are many, many things in my work that need redoing - never the structure. "

" As a dramatist, you have 200 choices at every fork in the road. But the audience will reject it if you make the wrong choice, if they feel you are trying to shape the character in a way that suits you. It rings false immediately. People can sense when you're being cynical or schematic. "

" Authorised royal biographers are so straitjacketed, deferential, fawning, and unadventurous that they can only be after a knighthood. Or they're completely scurrilous and insolent, like Andrew Morton or Paul Burrell. "

Peter Morgan

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" In my peaceful moments, I yearn to write a bank heist like the one in 'Heat.' "

Peter Morgan

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" Most historians are engaged in fiction. "

" The films of which I'm most proud I've written are the ones that pivot on forgiveness. "

" There are people who are bound journalistically to a code of ethics that means they can't quote something that isn't sourced, whereas what I do is entirely unsourced. I effectively fictionalise history and yet somehow aim at a greater truth. "

" Most of the things I write, I write on spec. And because I write them on spec, there's less interference. Because there's less interference, they tend to be better. "

" Robert Bolt's storytelling is the kind that I grew up with and aspired to. "

Peter Morgan

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" I'm constantly having to check my conscience about what I'm writing and the responsibility of what I'm saying. "

" You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema. "

" I watch drama on DVD because I can't stand ad breaks. "

Peter Morgan

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" I'm not a vindictive person. But I do want to shine a light on human frailty and heroism in equal measure. "

" Movies feel like work, and reading fiction feels like work, whereas reading nonfiction feels like pleasure. "

" In some shape or form, we do have an emotional connection to our head of state, even if, for the most part, they seem very remote. "

" I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led - I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it's hard to hoodwink. "

" For 'Frost/Nixon,' I had eight people who were present at those interviews - they were all in the room - and when I interviewed each of them, they had a totally different narrative of events, to the degree where you thought, 'Were you all really in the same room?' "

" No family is complete without an embarrassing uncle. "

" I'm not good at fantasy, no. I have been offered stuff, and I can't get my head around it. "

" If you start to analyze what you do, it can paralyze you. "

" Most leading actresses have this energy, this 'Look at me. Here I am.' They're powerful; they're beautiful. "

Peter Morgan

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