When I became First Lady, she was very gracious to me. She was just wonderful about saying, ‘Continue your own work.’ ” - Donna Hanover

When I was in Miami, President Carter was running for reëlection. I had interviewed Miss Lillian and the Carters’ sons when I was working in Columbus. There was going to be a press conference with him, and my news director assigned my male co-anchor to cover it. So I went to my news director and said, ‘Is there a reason why you asked Steve to do this?’ He didn’t even know he’d done it. I was, like, ‘I just want to make sure that you think about it the next time.’ ”

"Told me he was divorced, was going to be in town for some business. Would I have coffee with him?" said Hanover. "So, we took a long walk in Central Park, and he said to me, "I'm so sorry I made you cry all those years ago.'

Over a bowl of pumpkin soup. “It’s intense. It’s creative. You go down this particular road with these particular obstacles once and only once.”