The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.

You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself.

You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.

I remember when I first got married, there was a certain amount of internet traffic on the subject of, "Who is this beard who is allegedly married to Ira Glass? Obviously, he's gay."

We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.

Many times I see you as a portrait of torture.

But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.