I don't think I ever played any sports recreationally for my own pleasure. I was bad at them from the start.
Ira GlassWe're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.
Ira GlassBut you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
Ira GlassI don't like that whole "art should challenge you" thing. Because I don't feel like art actually does challenge you. I was a semiotics major at Brown, and there's this idea that stories are better, books are better, and movies are better if they cocked you off your axis and you were completely disoriented and you'd really have to rethink everything.
Ira Glass