It's hard to make something that's interesting. It's really, really hard. It's like a law of nature, a law of aerodynamics, that anything that's written or anything that's created wants to be mediocre. The natural state of all writing is mediocrity... So what it takes to make anything more than mediocre is such an act of will.
Ira GlassI'm going to go with Chihuahua, just because I can't think of anything more frightening than a giant Chihuahua.
Ira GlassHonestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.
Ira GlassI cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.
Ira GlassIt 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.
Ira Glass