This may sound funny, but as much as the Today show matured me, it also was something of a cocoon. Id been happy there. I never went into the bosss office and pounded my fist on the desk, saying, Give me more money! Give me a prime-time show! – Jane Pauley
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 Im no longer somebodys daughter. – Jane Pauley