All Terry Gross Quotes
- Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the time. All
- It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood. Fear
- Rapists who might've been convicted were free to assault other women. Assault
- I respect someone's right to privacy and I want them to know it. Inspirational
- Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can… Agree
- I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good… Asking
- I don't want to help a politician revise the truth. Help
- I love songs. Songs are my favorite things. Favorite
- I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person. Conscious
- I'm not the betting kind. Betting
- Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human. Artist
- Often real life is boring and problematic. I love the edited version of it. Boring
- What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out. Fear
- Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist. Artist
- I am literally smaller than life. I am an unextraordinary-looking person. I've seen people trying to hide their disappointment when they meet me, and I… Disappointment
- I know that everyone who listens to radio creates you in a visual image that they need you to have. Whatever that is, I thought,… Contradict
- I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person's voice, the rhythm of… Best
- I've never seen radio as the minor leagues, where I'm just really preparing to be in the show that really counts, namely, television, which is,… Assume
- If you are interested in ideas, radio is way more pure than television. You're not distracted by somebody's nose or hair or posture. You can… Distracted
- 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 know,… Actor
- I love the edited version of it. Edited
- I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm… Combination
- Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can… Agrees