I think Quotes by Ira Glass

9 I think quotes by Ira Glass

Ira Glass’s storytelling flair shines even in brief, thoughtful statements. These nine snippets offer a quick taste of his narrative curiosity.

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Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.

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I think stories get better the more people try to amuse themselves.

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I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.

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

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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is…

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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best…

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A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is…

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I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the…

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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made…

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I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for…

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I think the thing that I wish somebody would ask me is just to ask about the business side of the radio show. I…

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Many times I see you as a portrait of torture.

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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want…

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When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.

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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for…

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

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I'm a cliche.

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I dont know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.

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I am such a do-goody, people-pleasing kid - or I was - I don't think I've ever been fired, not even from an ice…

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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.

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I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My voice is…

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I remember clearly that when I was little it was explained to me [that] the way that babies were made was that God put…

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