I dont take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

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 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."

Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.

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

In 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.

You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself.