18 Quotes By 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 on age

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 on attitude

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

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 on death

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 on family

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 on marriage

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 on marriage

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
Jessica Savitch on motivational

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

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 on society

I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
Jessica Savitch on success

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

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

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

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

Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
Jessica Savitch on women

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

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