I am not one of the great journalists of my time.
— Jane Pauley
My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.
My parents had an experience of life that is as opposite to mine as you can imagine.
You can't look at a sleeping cat and be tense.
Nobody calls me silly. That is not a word that applies to me.
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.
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.
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.
A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.
