In the beginning when I sat next to Tom Brokaw on the ‘Today’ show, the stories I was interested in were those having to do with women and children and learning and health. In those days, 25 to 30 years ago, that was called soft news, and not in a nice way. Jane Pauley Read Quote
About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents, so I’m no longer somebody’s daughter. Jane Pauley Read Quote
I see myself as life-sized, certainly not a supersized personality, and apparently after 30 years of television, that’s what the audience thinks of me as well. I know this because for the first time in my career, I’ve just seen market research, and the thing I am known for is being authentic. Jane Pauley Read Quote
AARP knows the future is bright for a generation that’s going to remain healthy and vital for 10, 20, 30, 40 more years. AARP has the information and resources people need throughout their process of reinvention. Jane Pauley Read Quote
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. Jane Pauley Read Quote
I probably am more shy than people realize. But I’m shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself. Jane Pauley Read Quote
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. Jane Pauley Read Quote
