Nobody Calls Me Silly. That Is Not

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.

I've Always Had A Lot Of Ambivalence About Fame And Celebrity.

Nobody Calls Me Silly. That Is Not A Word That Applies To Me.

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.

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?