"If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable, rather than its literal narrative."
"The minute you become a leader of a country, you go into a very small club. You join that sort of pantheon of other world leaders."
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Peter Morgan
Screenwriter
Peter Morgan is a British screenwriter known for his insightful exploration of power and truth in works like 'The Queen' and 'Frost/Nixon'.
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