If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky.
Ira GlassWhere radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
Ira GlassDon't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical...idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.
Ira GlassIn 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.
Ira Glass