“Nobody tells people who are beginners - and I really wish somebody had told this to me - that all of us who do creative work... get into it because we have good taste.” PeopleWishCreativeTasteGood TasteBeginnersCreative Work Author:Ira Glass
“I dont meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.” PeopleShowsTalkingShowtime Author:Ira Glass
“I dont go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.” PeopleIdeasFactsStoriesHingesBeing Wrong Author:Ira Glass
“For people starting public radio shows, one of the things you have to do is you have to talk every single public radio station into picking you up.” PeopleShowsStartingRadioStationsRadio StationsPublic Radio Author:Ira Glass
“The entire culture was organized for people who are happy. People who are miserable need reassurance that other people are miserable.” PeopleCultureMiserableHappy PeopleReassurance Author:Ira Glass
“I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.” PeopleInspirationalTryingLooksEnoughFacesAnswersStressGraduationIphone 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
“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
“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
“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
