The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic; there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
Jessica SavitchNo matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.
Jessica SavitchThe most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
Jessica SavitchThe code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat; if there is a place to sit, sit; if there is a restroom, go.
Jessica SavitchNewscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.
Jessica SavitchI don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?
Jessica SavitchIn 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 SavitchThe relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
Jessica SavitchWhat is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?
Jessica SavitchWhen for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.
Jessica SavitchEvery time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.
Jessica SavitchNever 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 SavitchIt had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.
Jessica SavitchThe bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.
Jessica SavitchWhen I was a little girl in the 1950s, it would not have been possible for me to say, I want to be an anchorwoman when I grow up.
Jessica SavitchNews reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
Jessica SavitchOne reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.
Jessica SavitchNews events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
Jessica SavitchWomen didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
Jessica SavitchI very much wanted to be accepted by my peers, to be considered a serious journalist.
Jessica SavitchOur free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
Jessica SavitchSome news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.
Jessica SavitchThe minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying.
Jessica Savitch