Jessica Savitch

I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.

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.

Being a novelty had its advantages.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas.

I broke with my religion in college.