When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.

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

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.

I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

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."

Many times I see you as a portrait of torture.