I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write. Ira Glass editinfluencenovel Change image and share on social
Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words. Ira Glass storytellword Change image and share on social
I feel like dance, by its nature, goes so easily to grand and beautiful. Ira Glass beautifuldanceeasily Change image and share on social
When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise. Ira Glass advertisemoneypublic Change image and share on social
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 doesn't play to my strengths at all. I like to interview people who are interested in telling their story and tell it as truthfully as they can. Ira Glass greatinterestinterview share on social
Not owning a car anymore, I feel like I'm barely an American. I miss it. And I barely ever get to listen to the radio in the car, which is the best place for radio. Ira Glass americananymorebarely Change image and share on social
I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness. Ira Glass dreamgenerallyhand Change image and share on social
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 to talk louder. You want to project. Ira Glass auditoriumbigfront Change image and share on social
There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person. Ira Glass feelfeltlisten Change image and share on social
When I was in college, I was a semiotics major, which is this hopelessly pretentious body of French literary theory. Ira Glass bodycollegefrench Change image and share on social