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" 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. "

Peter Morgan

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People

History

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" Ambition interests me because it's such a surefire indicator of damage. "

Peter Morgan

Interests

Damage

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

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" The film 'The Queen' came about with a producer saying to me that he wanted me to write about the circumstances behind Diana's death. I think he was hoping that I would come up with some journalistic scoop that would identify an MI5 covert plot. "

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

" I can't help slightly falling in love with every character I write about. And I quite like writing about people who are vilified. "

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

Peter Morgan

Storytelling

Kind

" 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. "

Peter Morgan

Smile

Understanding

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" Some of the things I have written about are a way of connecting with my father - I know he knew who Idi Amin was, and I know he knew who Longford was. And I know he knew who Nixon was, because shortly before he died, I talked to him about Watergate. "

" It is devastating, losing a parent. I don't really know what the effect is, but I suppose people might call me an ambitious man, and I'd say that an ambitious man is a damaged man. "

" 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. "

" In a way, I think of the press as my colleagues. I don't want to throw hand grenades at people who do something that's pretty similar to what I do. But at the same time, we all need to take ourselves seriously and be responsible as professionals. And there was a collective failure in the treatment of Christopher Jefferies. "

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

" As historians write more and more histories, it's a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy that other historians read their histories and then make synthesis, and certain things just get forgotten and left out and neglected. "

Peter Morgan

Write

Forgotten