But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
At some point, all comics have to go out and be retail salesmen doing door-to-door. And this idea of somebody who totally… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I didn't watch T.V. from the time I was 18 'til my mid-30s. And then I got a T.V. to watch 'The… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
It's hard to make something that's interesting. It's really, really hard. It's like a law of nature, a law of aerodynamics, that… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I would just like say to you with all my heart is that most everybody I know who does interesting creative work,… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I started out doing production work on promos, stuff like that. I didn't think it was cool to be working for NPR.… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I'm a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids' parties.… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
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… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I think the thing that I wish somebody would ask me is just to ask about the business side of the radio show. I… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
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… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
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… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
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… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
