The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.
You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
Television is intensely personal.
In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.
The 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.