Explore Quotes by Jane Pauley

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.

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

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.

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

When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing a little bit about a lot of things, I didn't suffer the misconception that depression was all in my head or a mark of poor character. I knew it was a disease, and, like all diseases, was treatable.

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.

The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity.

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

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

I can cook; but not well. I figure I have six years until my children discover what their friends' mothers make for dinner.

'Good Morning America' exploited Joan Lunden's pregnancy, but you won't see me bringing my babies on the air. The only reason I'm talking about the babies at all is that they've been with me on the show since I became pregnant. After a while, I had to acknowledge this pumpkin tummy.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

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.

A mood disorder is dangerous. You've got to get those dramatic waves of highs and lows stabilized. It's dangerous if you don't.

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

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

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

I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough.

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

I came back to work when my children were two months old. At that early age, they seem to have little awareness of anybody but their Raggedy Ann dolls, so it wasn't a matter of them missing me. I was missing them.

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.