Ira Glass Quotes

The goal for me has always been to learn how to express myself in radio and to have fun doing it and work with whatever contingencies arise.

In terms of my career, I am glad about the steps and moves that I have made.

I recognize that I had a good deal of good luck in my life. I came along at a time when it was pretty easy to get a job in journalism. I went to work at CBS News when I was about 22, and within a year or so was reporting on the air.

I tell people in their careers, 'Look for growth. Look for the teams that are growing quickly. Look for the companies that are doing well. Look for a place where you feel that you can have a lot of impact.'

I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer, which I turned out to be. But I was always curious about other things too, and what if I got interested in history or the law?

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.

I go to work, and think 'wow, they pay me for this', and I go home.

The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge myself as much as I can.

Well I could have been just a writer. I had been a hair dresser. I could have stuck with that.

I know I'll always work. In what form, it really doesn't matter.

I used to go from one job to another. I started at seven years old in theater and used to go from one job to another.

If I had been at a University I don't think I would have been able to have the experience I had in my Smithsonian work. I don't think I have been as successful.

I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time.

Your life is not defined by the one place where you work.

If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.

'Uncharted' is the best job I've ever had. Film, television, whatever - it's without doubt the best. It's changed my life.

The longer you're stuck in a position that doesn't truly challenge you, the less likely you'll be able to leave it. Inertia, in fact, is one of my worst fears.

I've created my own career in my life, and I've had a lot of fun doing it. I think that's good.

I think people tend to apply where they think the greatest opportunities lie.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work.

My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.

When you first start out, you are just happy to get a job, any job. And as time goes on, either you move forward or screech to a halt.

Some jobs you do, they're just jobs. Others are life experiences.

I was never afraid of taking the wrong job because maybe it would hurt me. I was more interested in the experience.

I always have looked for the best challenge, I guess, that I could take on. I haven't been producing my own work or anything like that, so I've taken the jobs that look most interesting that come my way.