I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise. Jessica Savitch More Quotes by Jessica Savitch More Quotes From Jessica Savitch My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl. Jessica Savitch girlcollegejobs News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute. Jessica Savitch texaswaitingweather My goal was to be a network correspondent by the time I was 30. Jessica Savitch goalliterature Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective. Jessica Savitch enterpriseinformationmedia Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians. Jessica Savitch texasliteraturecharacter Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities. Jessica Savitch literaturepeoplerooms The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer. Jessica Savitch coverageviewers 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. Jessica Savitch restroomcodeifs 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 literaturejobslong The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying. Jessica Savitch listeningwritinglooks The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself. Jessica Savitch single-lifelife-is When 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 Savitch growing-upgirlwant 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 groupscameraspeople Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience. Jessica Savitch audienceliteratureplay I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is. Jessica Savitch crimepoliceliterature 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 finalstakenliterature I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes. Jessica Savitch phobialifelongsnakes To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right. Jessica Savitch importantliteraturefirsts The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months. Jessica Savitch panama-canalimportant-eventsmonths What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death? Jessica Savitch wifefacesmen
