Jesse Armstrong

You can put all your philistine-dom on TV.

— Jesse Armstrong

Getting under the surface of real-life humans' poker faces humans is hard in a sitcom, even a drama.

— Jesse Armstrong

Hit shows are very difficult to achieve. You need to have everything just right - that's what's so terrifying.

— Jesse Armstrong

Far too interesting are times when you wake up to find that the tube line you take to work has been blown…

— Jesse Armstrong

I read about lots of media moguls: Sumner Redstone, Conrad Black, Robert Maxwell.

— Jesse Armstrong

This is the tragedy of the entrepreneur. They literally cannot slack off. That's why Alan Sugar looks so jowly, tired and angry,…

— Jesse Armstrong

You've only got so much plot, character and psychological capital. One day it will be gone and you don't know when that…

— Jesse Armstrong

Without sounding defensive, I would say that sometimes TV critics assume that after a few episodes the writers 'finally understand the characters,'…

— Jesse Armstrong

So often in TV you're looking at the monitor thinking, 'Oh, yeah, that sort of looks a bit like that other TV…

— Jesse Armstrong

Oswestry's a bit in the middle of nowhere - quite tough, and quite English, in the way border towns are.

— Jesse Armstrong

Everyone has tacit levels of trust, don't we? In every interaction that takes place in our professional and personal lives we have…

— Jesse Armstrong

A lot of research went into 'Succession.' I wrote the pilot solo, so there was a good deal of my own research…

— Jesse Armstrong

With my writing partner, Sam Bain, I have gone on to write for lots of shows, including our co-creation 'Peep Show,' two…

— Jesse Armstrong

When you're a nerd, you know there's a million types of neurotic self-loathing.

— Jesse Armstrong

From working on heavily researched films such as 'Four Lions' and 'In the Loop,' I knew that research in itself is nothing…

— Jesse Armstrong

All powerful people make foolish decisions and end up in humiliating and embarrassing situations, as well as wielding their power.

— Jesse Armstrong

If you have seven homes, every room is not a beautifully curated expression of your personality.

— Jesse Armstrong

I've always found it easy to write comedy in the area where people have strong emotions.

— Jesse Armstrong

I don't buy the thing that you can't do satire in the age of Trump. You just have to be funny and…

— Jesse Armstrong

War isn't funny, obviously.

— Jesse Armstrong

Between 1995 and 1997 I was a researcher for a Labour MP. And looking back I realise I wasn't a very good one.

— Jesse Armstrong

You can't control how things that you're involved with are received. But 'The Thick of It' wasn't intended as an instruction manual.…

— Jesse Armstrong

It's a lucky kink for comedy writers that particular English obsession and interest with class and social difference. It maybe is not…

— Jesse Armstrong

We read the financial papers and there's a ton of tech and media mergers and acquisitions we're likely to take inspiration from.

— Jesse Armstrong

It's sad ending 'Peep Show,' but it'll be fun starting some new shows.

— Jesse Armstrong