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

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

Brad Pitt is so good-looking there's a lightbulb inside of him shooting good-looking-ness in all directions.

I'm going to go with Chihuahua, just because I can't think of anything more frightening than a giant Chihuahua.

Don'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.

I think the thing that I wish somebody would ask me is just to ask about the business side of the radio show. I feel like I actually work very hard to make sure the business side of the radio show runs, and no one has any interest in how a public radio show is run. And rightly so.

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."