Jane Pauley: I have been fiercely private, in part because I could nev...

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

Jane Pauley

journalist my-time

It's like if people don't see you on TV every day, they think you're in cryogenics somewhere.

Jane Pauley

tvs people thinking

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.

Jane Pauley

serious months enough

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

Jane Pauley

realizing shy people

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.

Jane Pauley

fame reality thinking

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

Jane Pauley

ambivalence fame

It may feel like the more you know about depression and the many forms it can take, the more questions you have. That's how I feel.

Jane Pauley

form may feels

I spent an awful lot of my life underestimating myself and, as a result, not exceeding my own expectations.

Jane Pauley

underestimate awful expectations

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.

Jane Pauley

confused dad father

The courage to try something new makes me proud.

Jane Pauley

empowering proud trying

Want to lose weight? Kick a bad habit? Well you might want to try hypnosis! ... no longer regarded as mere hocus-pocus, it's been shown as an effective means of helping people quit smoking, shed pounds, reduce stress, and end phobias.

Jane Pauley

hypnosis stress mean

My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and I was obviously busy in the box. But I'm told that children of television performers grow up thinking that all mommies or daddies work on TV and that it's no big deal.

Jane Pauley

growing-up book children

This may sound funny, but as much as the 'Today' show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. I'd been happy there. I never went into the boss's office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, 'Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show!'

Jane Pauley

office giving funny

I love working with an audience. I love working with actual people who, you know, if they're moved, you see it. If you say something they're stunned by, you see their jaws drop. If they're amused, they laugh - that kind of reinforcement, I totally adore.

Jane Pauley

who-you-know laughing people

Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips.

Jane Pauley

mothers-day inspiring baby

I define success as when I say "yes" when I am given an opportunity.

Jane Pauley

define-success given opportunity

Your 40s are a major trough. About the age of 50, feelings of satisfaction begin to rebound and keep rising into your 50s, 60s and 70s, with health being a major factor.

Jane Pauley

rising age feelings

I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.

Jane Pauley

team ambition winning

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

Jane Pauley

imagine parent opposites

Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing.

Jane Pauley

growing risk pregnancy

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.