“When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.” PeopleKnowsMeanAirEffectsAssumingUntrueMean PeopleJust Saying Author:Ira Glass
“Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?” StrongFunHotelStayingHospitalityStay Strong Author:Ira Glass
“I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.” ThinkingCharacterUseBigsFictionEmotionalSceneRadioTechniqueToneUrgentThink Big Author:Ira Glass
“You will be stupid. You will worry your parents. You will question your own choices, your relationships, your jobs, your friends, where you live, what you studied in college, that you went to college at all... If that happens, you're doing it right.” IfsHappensJobsChoicesParentWorryStupidCollegeOur RelationshipWhere You Live Author:Ira Glass
“Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.” IdeasShowsJobsWaitingLapBetter Jobs Author:Ira Glass
“I would just like say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work, they went through a phase of years where they had really good taste and they could tell what they were making wasn’t as good as they wanted it to be.” KnowsYearsHeartDoeWantedInterestingCreativeMy HeartTastePhasesGood TasteCreative Work Author:Ira Glass
“I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.” SpeakRadioAdmittingUntruth Author:Ira Glass
“In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.” PeopleKnowsWayShowsHalfMillionsEvidenceDay To DayTheoretical Author:Ira Glass
“You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.” ThinkingLongEnoughSpaceRadioStaringStaring Into Space Author:Ira Glass
“But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.” PeopleThinkingProblemRadioSincereBeing SincerePublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.” InterestingIssuesRadioBurningStakesUrgent Author:Ira Glass
“It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.” FunOne ThingOriginalsLoudCarver Author:Ira Glass
“We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.” TwoBookBreakMy FamilyJewBreaking DownSubculture Author:Ira Glass
“Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.” NeedsDifferentPurposeFictionRadioDrivingMediocre Author:Ira Glass
“One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.” PeopleWorldReasonShowsEasyForgetAudienceSpeechRadioStationsRadio StationsPublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
