“You just want to try a bunch of stuff, because you don't know what's going to be great.” KnowsWantTryingStuffExperimentsBunch Author:Ira Glass
“I dont know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.” KnowsKnow HowNews Author:Ira Glass
“You will be fierce. You will fearless. And you will make work you know in your heart is not as good as you want it to be.” KnowsWantHeartFearlessFierce Author:Ira Glass
“What nobody tells people who are beginners… is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not… your taste is why your work disappoints you… We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this… It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.” PeopleKnowsWantTryingYearsFirstsStuffCreativeSpecialCoupleTasteAmbitionBe GoodGapsVolumeDisappointGood TasteBeginnersCreative WorkSpecial Things Author:Ira Glass
“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
“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
“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
