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"Fun is a good thing but only when it spoils nothing better."
"Tell me that the purpose of life is to have fun, and without a care in the world I'll begin wreaking havoc on everything I pass. Now that's what I call pure, honest fun."
"It's fun leading this offense. I don't think we've hit our peak."
"You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature."
Explore more quotes by Ira Glass
"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'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space."
"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."
"But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake."
"When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny."
"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."
"It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud."
"We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews."
"But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time."
"Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question."
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