Anchorwoman
A source page for quotes linked to Jessica Savitch.
“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.”
“For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.”
“A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.”
“I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.”
“In real life, events seem much less dramatic.”
“Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.”
“A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.”
“Men still control the news, both on and off camera.”
“The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.”
“To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.”
“I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.”
“In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.”
“News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.”
“I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.”
“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.”
“Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.”
“Television is intensely personal.”
“Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.”
“The news anchor is exactly that - an anchor, a center, a focus.”
“When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.”
“You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.”
“Being a novelty had its advantages.”
“By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.”
“How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.”
“I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.”
“Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.”
“My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.”
“My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30.”
“My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl.”
“Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.”
“Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.”
“The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.”