Jessica Savitch

“Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.”

“Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.”

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

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

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

“In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.”

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

“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?”

“I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.”

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

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

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

“Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.”

“Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.”

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

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