You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
– Jessica Savitch
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
– Jessica Savitch
Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.
– Jessica Savitch
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
– Jessica Savitch
What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?
– Jessica Savitch
The relationship between talent and management is uneasy, at best.
– Jessica Savitch
The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.
– Jessica Savitch
No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
– Jessica Savitch
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.
– Jessica Savitch
It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
– Jessica Savitch
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.
– Jessica Savitch
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?
– Jessica Savitch
I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
– Jessica Savitch
For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.
– Jessica Savitch
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.
– 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.
– Jessica Savitch
A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.