Jessica Savitch Quotes
The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat; if there is a place to sit, sit; if there is a restroom, go.
The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.
The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.
The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.
The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.
The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.
What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?
When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
When I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
