Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes drive fiction mediocre
My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s era shock jock who all the teenage boys listened to in my school. Ira Glass 70sbaltimoreboy Change image and share on social
People are generally forced to change. We don't want to change, and then something absolutely forces us to realize that what we are doing isn't working or that our picture of the world is wrong. We fail. So we change. Ira Glass absolutelychangefail share on social
Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would. Ira Glass deliverfacthard Change image and share on social
I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie. Tahar Rahim directorgoodgreat Change image and share on social
I do read a lot, and I think in recent years the ratio between the amount of non-fiction and fiction has tipped quite considerably. I did read fiction as a teenager as well, mostly because I was forced to read fiction, of course, to go through high school. Daniel Tammet amountconsiderablyfiction share on social
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization. Fredric Jameson americanclotheculture share on social