Photographer and visual storyteller Daniel Sax has adapted Ira Glass’ timeless wisdom in this adorable short film that was a year in the making, using living typography to illustrate the American public radio personality’s inspiring perspective:

Constructive words of wisdom accompanied by neat, illustrative typography is a recipe for timeless replay-value. If you care to listen to more Ira Glass on Storytelling, the extended interview of the audio used above, originally recorded by current.tv, then here you go:

Ira writes: “Somehow, this interview I did with Current TV long ago became so well-known among creative types, that sometimes it feels more famous than our radio show.”