I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I'm a reporter - if I don't interview someone, I don't have much to say, and I definitely can't just sit down… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I feel like, in general in my work life, my main goal has been to just be in a situation where I'm… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
You get into this situation, performing for T.V., where you have to speak with utter sincerity. It's just like the radio. You… — 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… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
The TiVo is really an amazing machine. Like everyone who has one, I totally recommend it. Just as everyone who's married will… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Grease and starch just always win over protein. In food as in so many things. Look around you, that's what our whole… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's… — 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 think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made… — 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
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
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
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
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
But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake. — Ira Glass Copy Share
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
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. — Ira Glass Copy Share
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… — Ira Glass Copy Share
I remember clearly that when I was little it was explained to me [that] the way that babies were made was that God put… — Ira Glass Copy Share
