News events are like Texas weather. If you don't like it, wait a minute. |
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. |
Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth. |
Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form. |
Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude. |
In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent. |
Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight. |
Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive. |
One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors. |
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time. |
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. |
Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians. |
Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience. |
Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities. |
How valuable NBC Magazine was in my career is questionable. |
A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood. |
My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals. |
News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received. |
My most lucrative job in college was a stint as the regional Dodge Girl. |
By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion. |