Generally the aesthetics of broadcast journalism seem to me to be incredibly primitive. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Like most people in radio - and in magic - I'm not cool. I know people who are hip, and I can… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
It took, for me, a long time to develop this idea of what to do on the radio. But from the beginning… — 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
Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are,… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione… — 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
I'm not a go-in-for-the-kill kind of interviewer. It's a great thing to me, that kind of interviewer, but I'm not it. It… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My… — 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'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
