The entire culture was organized for people who are happy. People who are miserable need reassurance that other people are miserable.

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.

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.

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

I am mostly a pretty worried person. In conversations, I am always worried about what to say.

You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.