Author: Ira Glass

Quotes

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.

- 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.

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.

- Ira Glass

Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.

Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio.

- 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.

But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.

- 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.

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.

- 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.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

- Ira Glass

I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.

I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.

- Ira Glass

But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.

But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.

- Ira Glass

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