Ira Glass Quotes & Sayings
113 most famous Ira Glass quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He's a 65 year old American journalist born on Mar 3, 1959.
“Reporters tend to find in others what they are suited to find, so there is a whole school of reporting where they are cynical about the world, and everything reinforces that. Whereas I tend to be optimistic and be amused by people and like them, even rather bad people.”
“But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.”
“Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it.”
“But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.”
“I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.”
“In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.”
“I don't read novels, but my semiotics study influenced everything about the way I read and edit and write.”
“I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.”
“If you want somebody to tell you a story, one of the most easiest and effective ways is if you're telling them a story.”
“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.”
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