Jessica Savitch Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

  Jessica Savitch

  Hard Work, Eight, Two

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• Never 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 Savitch

  Attitude, Focus, Prejudice

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

• News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.

  Jessica Savitch

  Events, News, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.

  Jessica Savitch

  Half, Literature, Surprise

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• Women may not have it easy, but we are given a fairer chance to reach for the top.

  Jessica Savitch

  Stars, Literature, May

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

• Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.

  Jessica Savitch

  Husband, Jealous, Watches

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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

  Jessica Savitch

  Peers, Literature, Serious

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

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

  Jessica Savitch

  Men, Cameras, News

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

• To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.

  Jessica Savitch

  Important, Literature, Firsts

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

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

  Jessica Savitch

  Anchors, News, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• In 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 Savitch

  Taken, Finals, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• Shootouts are not gunfights of honor, they're gang wars and racial riots.

  Jessica Savitch

  War, Honor, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.

  Jessica Savitch

  News, Substance, Television

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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

  Jessica Savitch

  Blood, Doe, Cards

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.

  Jessica Savitch

  Literature, Planning, Management

  "Anchorwoman".

• News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.

  Jessica Savitch

  Successful, News, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Thorndike Pr

• Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate.

  Jessica Savitch

  People, Cameras, Groups

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• Being a novelty had its advantages.

  Jessica Savitch

  Literature, Novelty, Advantage

  Jessica Savitch (1982). “Anchorwoman”, Putnam Publishing Group

• Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.

  Jessica Savitch

  Attention, Literature, Unattractive

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

  Jessica Savitch

  Car, Tanks, Covering

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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

  Jessica Savitch

  Character, Texas, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.

  Jessica Savitch

  Nbc, Careers, Magazines

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire; the good news is that we got exclusive footage.

  Jessica Savitch

  Fire, People, News

• When 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 Savitch

  Jobs, Long, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

• I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.

  Jessica Savitch

  Police, Literature, Crime

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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