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Ira Glass Quotes

I didn’t have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college Picture Quote #1

I don’t tweet because I don’t need another creative venue. I don’t need another form for self-expression. I don’t need another way to get my thoughts out to people. I have one. I’m good Picture Quote #1

It’s rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke Picture Quote #1

The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people’s situations Picture Quote #1

I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don’t just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you’re just like, ‘This is the part of the day when I’m looking for an idea.’ Picture Quote #1

I never realized before this the emotional power of some really simple, corny tropes: people with top hats, people with batons, confetti going off, how important it is to smile Picture Quote #1

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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 not enough flavor in each bite.’ That’s the feeling you have the entire time with ‘Smallville’ - that it’s just about to be good, but it never is Picture Quote #1

The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It’s repetitive. It’s ad-libbed by people who can’t ad-lib. It’s about asking for money, which is something nobody wants to hear, even from their own relatives Picture Quote #1

I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern Picture Quote #1

Starting in the 1970s, American cars started to lose market share to foreign cars. It was clear what was happening - these better-made foreign car companies were encroaching on the U.S., and the U.S. car makers had less than half of their own country’s market Picture Quote #1

I don’t own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like ‘Fresh Air’, ‘Radiolab’, ‘Snap Judgement’, all those shows Picture Quote #1

When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I’m just saying something for effect. Or to be funny Picture Quote #1

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When you’re learning, especially to write, unless you’re some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You need to be imitating how they make their work, how they structure it, how they design the pieces. It gives you chops; it gives you moves Picture Quote #1

The radio is good for taking somebody else’s experience and making you understand what it would be like. Because when you don’t see someone, but you hear them talking - and, uh, that is what radio is all about - it’s like when someone is talking from the heart. Everything about it conspires to take you into somebody else’s world Picture Quote #1

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 the utterly normal voice, but sheer repetition has made them think it’s OK. Mick Jagger once was asked, ‘What makes a hit song? He said, ‘Repetition.’ Picture Quote #1

I feel like in an interview situation, it’s a kind of intimacy that I can understand and handle - versus in real life, when I’m much more of a bumbler and have a hard time Picture Quote #1

I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness Picture Quote #1

I suppose I shouldn’t go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio Picture Quote #1

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Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap Picture Quote #1

Many times I see you as a portrait of torture Picture Quote #1

Great stories happen to those who can tell them Picture Quote #1

The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work Picture Quote #1

You just have to fight your way through Picture Quote #1

Go looking for an idea and it’ll show up. Begin now Picture Quote #1

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I seen a pig so big it’d block out the sun Picture Quote #1

Where do ideas come from? Ideas come from other ideas Picture Quote #1

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot Picture Quote #1

Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn’t fun? Picture Quote #1

When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I’m just saying something for effect. Or to be funny Picture Quote #1

Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college. (Ira Glass Quotes) I don’t tweet because I don’t need another creative venue. I don’t need another form for self-expression. I don’t need another way to get my thoughts out to people. I have one. I’m good. (Ira Glass Quotes) It’s rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke. (Ira Glass Quotes) The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people’s situations. (Ira Glass Quotes) I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don’t just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you’re just like, ‘This is the part of the day when I’m looking for an idea.’ (Ira Glass Quotes) I never realized before this the emotional power of some really simple, corny tropes: people with top hats, people with batons, confetti going off, how important it is to smile. (Ira Glass Quotes) 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 not enough flavor in each bite.’ That’s the feeling you have the entire time with ‘Smallville’ - that it’s just about to be good, but it never is. (Ira Glass Quotes) The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It’s repetitive. It’s ad-libbed by people who can’t ad-lib. It’s about asking for money, which is something nobody wants to hear, even from their own relatives. (Ira Glass Quotes) I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern. (Ira Glass Quotes) Starting in the 1970s, American cars started to lose market share to foreign cars. It was clear what was happening - these better-made foreign car companies were encroaching on the U.S., and the U.S. car makers had less than half of their own country’s market. (Ira Glass Quotes) I don’t own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like ‘Fresh Air’, ‘Radiolab’, ‘Snap Judgement’, all those shows. (Ira Glass Quotes) When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I’m just saying something for effect. Or to be funny. (Ira Glass Quotes) When you’re learning, especially to write, unless you’re some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating people. You need to be imitating how they make their work, how they structure it, how they design the pieces. It gives you chops; it gives you moves. (Ira Glass Quotes) The radio is good for taking somebody else’s experience and making you understand what it would be like. Because when you don’t see someone, but you hear them talking - and, uh, that is what radio is all about - it’s like when someone is talking from the heart. Everything about it conspires to take you into somebody else’s world. (Ira Glass Quotes) 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 the utterly normal voice, but sheer repetition has made them think it’s OK. Mick Jagger once was asked, ‘What makes a hit song? He said, ‘Repetition.’ (Ira Glass Quotes) I feel like in an interview situation, it’s a kind of intimacy that I can understand and handle - versus in real life, when I’m much more of a bumbler and have a hard time. (Ira Glass Quotes) I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness (Ira Glass Quotes) I suppose I shouldn’t go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio (Ira Glass Quotes) Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap (Ira Glass Quotes) Many times I see you as a portrait of torture (Ira Glass Quotes) Great stories happen to those who can tell them (Ira Glass Quotes) The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work (Ira Glass Quotes) You just have to fight your way through (Ira Glass Quotes) Go looking for an idea and it’ll show up. Begin now (Ira Glass Quotes) I seen a pig so big it’d block out the sun (Ira Glass Quotes) Where do ideas come from? Ideas come from other ideas (Ira Glass Quotes) I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot (Ira Glass Quotes) Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn’t fun? (Ira Glass Quotes) When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I’m just saying something for effect. Or to be funny (Ira Glass Quotes) Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question (Ira Glass Quotes)

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