I like excess. And giant M&M's. Ira Glass More Quotes by Ira Glass More Quotes From Ira Glass I was a chubby, unathletic kid and conformed to every possible stereotype you could imagine of someone who would end up in public broadcasting. Ira Glass stereotypeimaginekids ...uncorny, human sized drama Ira Glass humansdrama I played no sports well. Because I was a boy in the United States Of America, I was forced into Little League and played horrible Little League baseball, and played football and basketball in school situations where I was forced to. Ira Glass basketballbaseballsports Brad Pitt is so good-looking there's a lightbulb inside of him shooting good-looking-ness in all directions. Ira Glass bradlooking-goodshooting Brad Pitt is really game to talk about whatever and is really fun to talk to and was totally up for discussing anything. Ira Glass bradgamesfun I don't think I've ever stolen anything. Ira Glass stolenthinking The truth is, I just don't have that much time to see movies. So if I get two hours where I can actually see a film, I don't want to go backwards, I want to go forwards. Ira Glass filmwanttwo I just feel like there's so many movies I haven't seen that I want to see, that I would never go back to the same one. It's funny because all my friends, they have movies that they've seen over and over again. Ira Glass havenswantfeels It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe in pleasures. People who call reading detective fiction or eating dessert a guilty pleasure make me want to puke. Ira Glass meeatingbelievepeople There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person. Ira Glass feelfeelingyoutalking The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations. Ira Glass yourselfyoupeoplethinking Generally the aesthetics of broadcast journalism seem to me to be incredibly primitive. Ira Glass broadcastseemmejournalism Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best. Ira Glass bestthinktalentediting I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very quickly you come to how narrative works - to what we are as a species, how we've come up with telling stories in scenes and images. Ira Glass deepmomentyoumoments I've read the poker books, but at this point, everybody who's playing has read the poker books. I feel like I'm knowledgeable enough to understand what's going on in the game, and I understand why I suck. And I'm not sure if I'll ever rise beyond that to the level where I don't suck. Ira Glass feelgameunderstandenough I'm a big Penn & Teller fan. But I myself was never very good; I was a teenage magician who performed at kids' parties. I can still perform a vanish, credibly, and I still, in special circumstances, will make a balloon animal. Ira Glass nevergoodmyselfanimal In radio, you have two tools. Sound and silence. Ira Glass youradiosilencesound One of the things I learned as a young semiotics nerd was that if you have plot moving forward, no matter how banal the facts of it, simply the fact that the plot is rolling forward makes you wonder what's going to happen next, which creates suspense. So you can control peoples' attention simply by having things move forward in a story. Ira Glass youmoving-forwardfactsmoving I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness. Ira Glass moviesstorytellinghatedream I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like 'Fresh Air', 'Radiolab', 'Snap Judgement', all those shows. Ira Glass iphoneowneverythingfresh-air
