I was thinking about comedy and how comedy in many ways opens us up to ideas and really being influenced by Richard… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
So when the book came out, my mother stunned us all by leaving my father. I think three months before the book… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I'm on the internet, I'll get this, like, which of these ad experiences would you prefer? And I'll have a… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I've never seen radio as the minor leagues, where I'm just really preparing to be in the show that really counts, namely,… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I think there's always an expectation when you're a first generation, especially a first-generation Nigerian, of sort of being a doctor or… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
A lot of the things that we think of as being racial differences are really class differences in America. — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
And the rules were so clear, you could not deviate from that all. And I think it especially damaged my sisters because… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I think in particularly with young kids who don't have a lot of positive influences, pop culture almost becomes a larger part… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I don't think my father noticed that he had daughters. I think, you know, part of the damage of the childhood was,… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met [with Hillary… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person's voice,… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
If you are interested in ideas, radio is way more pure than television. You're not distracted by somebody's nose or hair or… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist. — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Google started as a free search engine. It's still free, but now it's making a lot of money on ads, right? A lot of… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
When I hear a politician speak biographically, I never know what's part of the campaign biography narrative that's been carefully crafted. — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
When you're reading a newspaper and you're seeing ads on the page, it's not kind of invasive. Like, it's on the page next to… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
Dad mistook - for some reason unbeknownst to me - he mistook his family for a platoon of Marines. I mean, he - the… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I was thinking about comedy and how comedy in many ways opens us up to ideas and really being influenced by Richard Pryor and… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's a great… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
You know, how am I leading my own life? What am I denying? Since I brought such great powers of denial into my adult… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
