Quotes By Jessica Savitch

My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.

Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.

You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.

The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.

The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

Men still control the news, both on and off camera.

It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.

Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.

Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.

News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute.

The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.

The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.

Television is intensely personal.

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.

What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?

News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.

My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.

I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?

Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.

In every interview I have ever read or seen or taken part in, the final question in our future-oriented society is always, What next?