73 Quotes by Jessica Savitch

Men still control the news, both on and off camera.

A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.

I very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.

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

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.

Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.

The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.