Quotes About Jessica Savitch

In the beginning, my mother humored me when I told her I wanted to be a reporter.

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

It was January 1983 when we launched 'Frontline' on PBS with 'An Unauthorized History of the NFL.' The program was anchored by Jessica Savitch. We wanted to get attention, and we got it.

In the spring of 1988, my wife, Joan Didion, and I were approached about writing a screenplay based on a book by Alanna Nash called 'Golden Girl,' a biography of the late network correspondent and anchorwoman Jessica Savitch.

How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable.