But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. Ira Glass burngoodgreat Change image and share on social
It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke. Ira Glass calldessertdetective share on social
If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women. Ira Glass datetimewoman Change image and share on social
I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm not bored with my job. That's been the entire principle. Got my wish. Ira Glass boreentirefeel Change image and share on social
I was a semiotics major at Brown, and there's this idea that stories are better, books are better, and movies are better if they cocked you off your axis and you were completely disoriented and you'd really have to rethink everything. Nobody has that experience, actually. Ira Glass axisbookbrown share on social
I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the radio I can actually - I can understand what's happening in the interview and can make a connection in a way that makes sense. Ira Glass connectiongoodhappen share on social
You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space. Ira Glass coinlongradio Change image and share on social
We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews. Ira Glass bookbreakdistinct Change image and 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
