Quotes By Jane Pauley

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.

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?