I think the most famous person I've ever met is Brad Pitt.

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

Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?

You will be fierce. You will fearless. And you will make work you know in your heart is not as good as you want it to be.

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.

One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.

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."