In the forties [1940s] in Washington it was still unusual for a rich and socially well-connected married woman to work. If she did, her husband was assumed by his peers to be unable to support a household on his own and somehow to be inadequate.

Nobody in TV makes as much money as Robert Redford, who likes to make movies for several million dollars only on the condition that they contain some sort of social message. I cannot take very seriously a social message delivered by an actor who is paid nine million dollars to deliver it, and who charges you five dollars to see it.

In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.

Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.

The only way to do news on television is not to be terrified of it.