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title: "100 Jesse Armstrong Quotes - Famous Journalist"
description: "Jesse Armstrong quotes on audience trust, realistic storytelling, and open writers’ rooms."
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# Jesse Armstrong

(1970)   Journalist

 **100** quotes in **362** categories

Jesse Armstrong believes you have to trust the audience and give them work that keeps them engaged. He says realistic stories often avoid overly neat happy endings because life isn’t that tidy. In his writers’ room, any wild idea can be suggested and considered, keeping the show fresh.

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Jesse Armstrong is a journalist.

## Quick Facts About Jesse Armstrong

Born December 13, 1970

Profession Journalist

## About Jesse Armstrong

Jesse David Armstrong is an English screenwriter and producer who writes British comedy series and satirical dramas. He has won two British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

##  Quotes by Jesse Armstrong

> [There's loads of succession stories to draw on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/there-s-loads-of-succession-stories-to-draw-on/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Draw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/draw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/jesse-armstrong-5759_draw_there-s-loads-of-succession-stories-to-d_322265.jpg)

> [I like people to make their own decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-like-people-to-make-their-own-decisions/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Decision making](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decision-making/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/jesse-armstrong-5759_decision-making_i-like-people-to-make-their-own-decision_187333.jpg)

> [Writers tend to feel like outsiders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/writers-tend-to-feel-like-outsiders/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Feel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/jesse-armstrong-5759_feel_writers-tend-to-feel-like-outsiders-1229_1229272.jpg)

> [War isn't funny, obviously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/war-isn-t-funny-obviously/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Funny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/jesse-armstrong-5759_funny_war-isn-t-funny-obviously-2325150_2325150.jpg)

> [Wars are hard to look at head-on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/wars-are-hard-to-look-at-head-on/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Hard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/jesse-armstrong-5759_hard_wars-are-hard-to-look-at-head-on-48765_48765.jpg)

> [You can put all your philistine-dom on TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/you-can-put-all-your-philistine-dom-on-tv/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Philistine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philistine-143872/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/jesse-armstrong-5759_put_you-can-put-all-your-philistine-dom-on-t_1682708.jpg)

> [I wouldn't like to say I'm a class warrior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-wouldn-t-like-to-say-i-m-a-class-warrior/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Class](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/jesse-armstrong-5759_class_i-wouldn-t-like-to-say-i-m-a-class-warri_453013.jpg)

> [Trump is just extraordinarily unusual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/trump-is-just-extraordinarily-unusual/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Extraordinarily](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/extraordinarily/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/jesse-armstrong-5759_extraordinarily_trump-is-just-extraordinarily-unusual-26_263939.jpg)

> [If you have seven homes, every room is not a beautifully curated expression of your personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/if-you-have-seven-homes-every-room-is-not-a-beautifully-curated/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Expression](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/expression/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/jesse-armstrong-5759_expression_if-you-have-seven-homes-every-room-is-no_2249552.jpg)

> [The human propensity to having opinions must, I guess, have started as a pretty useful evolutionary tool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/the-human-propensity-to-having-opinions-must-i-guess-have-started-as/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Evolutionary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evolutionary/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/jesse-armstrong-5759_evolutionary_the-human-propensity-to-having-opinions_2643160.jpg)

> [You have to be careful. You have to be able to stand behind what you write and believe in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/you-have-to-be-careful-you-have-to-be-able-to-stand-behind-what-you/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Be careful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-careful/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/jesse-armstrong-5759_be-careful_you-have-to-be-careful-you-have-to-be-ab_2543314.jpg)

> [Political parties can be pretty internecine, and pretty savage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/political-parties-can-be-pretty-internecine-and-pretty-savage/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Parties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parties/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/jesse-armstrong-5759_political_political-parties-can-be-pretty-internec_1229083.jpg)

> [Kids are as discerning as adults, if anything they are quicker and clearer in knowing what they like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/kids-are-as-discerning-as-adults-if-anything-they-are-quicker-and/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/jesse-armstrong-5759_anything_kids-are-as-discerning-as-adults-if-anyt_1231283.jpg)

> [I've always found it easy to write comedy in the area where people have strong emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-ve-always-found-it-easy-to-write-comedy-in-the-area-where-people/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/jesse-armstrong-5759_always_i-ve-always-found-it-easy-to-write-comed_2257578.jpg)

> [It's sad ending 'Peep Show,' but it'll be fun starting some new shows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/it-s-sad-ending-peep-show-but-it-ll-be-fun-starting-some-new-shows/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Ending](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ending/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73d/jesse-armstrong-5759_ending_it-s-sad-ending-peep-show-but-it-ll-be-f_2486815.jpg)

> [Oswestry's a bit in the middle of nowhere - quite tough, and quite English, in the way border towns are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/oswestry-s-a-bit-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-quite-tough-and-quite/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Border](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/border/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/372/jesse-armstrong-5759_border_oswestry-s-a-bit-in-the-middle-of-nowher_2012112.jpg)

> [Hanging around a lot of really intelligent people for months on end, talking about whatever's in the news, is fun to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/hanging-around-a-lot-of-really-intelligent-people-for-months-on-end/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[End](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/jesse-armstrong-5759_end_hanging-around-a-lot-of-really-intellige_2493223.jpg)

> [Hit shows are very difficult to achieve. You need to have everything just right - that's what's so terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/hit-shows-are-very-difficult-to-achieve-you-need-to-have-everything/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Achieve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achieve/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/jesse-armstrong-5759_achieve_hit-shows-are-very-difficult-to-achieve_1720734.jpg)

> [There are lots of great characters in fiction who viewers and readers have engaged with that behave badly. Great characters can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/there-are-lots-of-great-characters-in-fiction-who-viewers-and-readers/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/jesse-armstrong-5759_books_there-are-lots-of-great-characters-in-fi_243187.jpg)

> [It's a lucky kink for comedy writers that particular English obsession and interest with class and social difference. It maybe is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/it-s-a-lucky-kink-for-comedy-writers-that-particular-english/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/jesse-armstrong-5759_comedy_it-s-a-lucky-kink-for-comedy-writers-tha_2477133.jpg)

> [I'm relatively sensitive to the atmosphere of what places are like, what relationships are like, and the feeling of power in rooms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-m-relatively-sensitive-to-the-atmosphere-of-what-places-are-like/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Like](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f34/jesse-armstrong-5759_like_i-m-relatively-sensitive-to-the-atmosphe_2533137.jpg)

> [Who has not stared at the blank page and not been able to think of anything to write for what at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/who-has-not-stared-at-the-blank-page-and-not-been-able-to-think-of/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec5/jesse-armstrong-5759_anything_who-has-not-stared-at-the-blank-page-and_2814793.jpg)

> [All the dramas I admire most - 'Six Feet Under,' 'The Sopranos' - even when the scenes aren't laugh-out-loud funny, per se,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/all-the-dramas-i-admire-most-six-feet-under-the-sopranos-even-when/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Admire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admire/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/jesse-armstrong-5759_admire_all-the-dramas-i-admire-most-six-feet-un_1345029.jpg)

> [Under a government committed to cutting public services to the bone, the police are often left to clean up all sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/under-a-government-committed-to-cutting-public-services-to-the-bone/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Bone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bone/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/jesse-armstrong-5759_bone_under-a-government-committed-to-cutting_2517063.jpg)

> [The best bit about having a collaborator is plot. Plot is quite hard to get right. It is a testing intellectual exercise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/the-best-bit-about-having-a-collaborator-is-plot-plot-is-quite-hard/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/jesse-armstrong-5759_best_the-best-bit-about-having-a-collaborator_741217.jpg)

> [You've got to trust the audience, and hopefully if you do interesting work you'll get an audience that are interested and engaged.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/you-ve-got-to-trust-the-audience-and-hopefully-if-you-do-interesting/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/jesse-armstrong-5759_audience_you-ve-got-to-trust-the-audience-and-hop_27874.jpg)

> [With an unscripted take, you let the thing live and bring an extra level of life to the performance. Sometimes you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/with-an-unscripted-take-you-let-the-thing-live-and-bring-an-extra/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Funnier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funnier/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/jesse-armstrong-5759_funnier_with-an-unscripted-take-you-let-the-thin_2986743.jpg)

> [Far too interesting are times when you wake up to find that the tube line you take to work has been blown…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/far-too-interesting-are-times-when-you-wake-up-to-find-that-the-tube/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Cricket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cricket/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/526/jesse-armstrong-5759_cricket_far-too-interesting-are-times-when-you-w_1803934.jpg)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/you-can-t-control-how-things-that-you-re-involved-with-are-received/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Celebration](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/celebration/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fe/jesse-armstrong-5759_celebration_you-can-t-control-how-things-that-you-re_2402155.jpg)

> [Why do I bother having all my stupid opinions? I mean, really, my ever evolving Balkan policy of the mid-1990s - what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/why-do-i-bother-having-all-my-stupid-opinions-i-mean-really-my-ever/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[I think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-think/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/jesse-armstrong-5759_i-think_why-do-i-bother-having-all-my-stupid-opi_398342.jpg)

> [My writing partner and I usually write separately, because if we write together we are liable to go a little nuts. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/my-writing-partner-and-i-usually-write-separately-because-if-we-write/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Computers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/jesse-armstrong-5759_computers_my-writing-partner-and-i-usually-write-s_753092.jpg)

> [Because Oswestry is very much an Anglo-Welsh mix it can lead you to feeling a bit bipolar sometimes. I mean, you're in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/because-oswestry-is-very-much-an-anglo-welsh-mix-it-can-lead-you-to/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Asian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/jesse-armstrong-5759_day_because-oswestry-is-very-much-an-anglo-w_137531.jpg)

> [As a comedy writer, I work largely from home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/as-a-comedy-writer-i-work-largely-from-home/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d5/jesse-armstrong-5759_comedy_as-a-comedy-writer-i-work-largely-from-h_2582364.jpg)

> [Talking about satire feels like death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/talking-about-satire-feels-like-death/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/jesse-armstrong-5759_about_talking-about-satire-feels-like-death-83_839848.jpg)

> [Getting under the surface of real-life humans' poker faces humans is hard in a sitcom, even a drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/getting-under-the-surface-of-real-life-humans-poker-faces-humans-is/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/jesse-armstrong-5759_drama_getting-under-the-surface-of-real-life-h_1700349.jpg)

> [The Day Today' was at least as interested in satirising form as content.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/the-day-today-was-at-least-as-interested-in-satirising-form-as-content/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Content](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/content/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/jesse-armstrong-5759_content_the-day-today-was-at-least-as-interested_1589774.jpg)

> [Unlike many hour-long scripted American dramas, 'Succession' has very few standing sets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/unlike-many-hour-long-scripted-american-dramas-succession-has-very/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/jesse-armstrong-5759_american_unlike-many-hour-long-scripted-american_310551.jpg)

> [I'm in the game of realism so happy endings probably feel a little bit too neat for life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-m-in-the-game-of-realism-so-happy-endings-probably-feel-a-little/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Endings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/endings/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/jesse-armstrong-5759_endings_i-m-in-the-game-of-realism-so-happy-endi_84423.jpg)

> [Succession moments are always dangerous for democracies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/succession-moments-are-always-dangerous-for-democracies/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49c/jesse-armstrong-5759_always_succession-moments-are-always-dangerous_2875112.jpg)

> [It's touching that people only think there's one of these around. Dynastic families are all around us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/it-s-touching-that-people-only-think-there-s-one-of-these-around/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Around](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/around/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/jesse-armstrong-5759_around_it-s-touching-that-people-only-think-the_498947.jpg)

## Jesse Armstrong by topic

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