You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.

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

'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.

The courage to try something new makes me proud.

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.

Well, every now and then I would hear the preposterous notion that that Jane Pauley sounds like Barbara Walters. Like I could if I tried?