Quotes By Jane Pauley

My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.

I do like some of the perks, like being, recognized, especially if I've had my makeup done and I'm going to be photographed and people admire me. Who wouldn't like that?

My father was so good-natured and had such a happy disposition. I've always confused him with Jimmy Stewart. So, think Jimmy Stewart. That's my dad.

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

I am not one of the great journalists of my time.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression.

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.

Nobody calls me silly. That is not a word that applies to me.

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.

You can't look at a sleeping cat and be tense.

I've always been profoundly ambivalent about fame. I think it just eats the reality out of you and it can be intoxicating because I like some of it.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

I have been fiercely private, in part because I could never understand how a journalist could be otherwise. I was also the mother of small children, and security concerns were paramount.