Snitow Pauley Quotes

Myth: Vampires eat only raw meat or drink blood.
Truth: Why would we do that when there's chocolate in the world? ~ Kimberly Pauley

'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. ~ Jane Pauley

There might be false starts and do-overs.You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling. ~ Jane Pauley

Pauley Perrette: I was a criminal science fanatic and went to study it in college as well and I think that helped me on NCIS because I was comfortable with the language, I had studied criminal science in school for years. ~ Pauley Perrette

My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and I was obviously busy in the box. But I'm told that children of television performers grow up thinking that all mommies or daddies work on TV and that it's no big deal. ~ Jane Pauley

I started out as a writer. Poetry and prose and also kind of satirical David Sedaris-esque stuff. ~ Pauley Perrette

At midlife, I think a woman has more in common with her teenage children than anybody else. We all are kind of uncertain. We realize for the first time in either our lives or decades that we're in charge now. ~ Jane Pauley

I always tell myself that when you're playing a character, pretend they're on trial and you're giving the best witness of their life. You really need to think about every element of the character and represent them properly, as if they were a real person. You want to give 100 percent of what they're worth and what they deserve as people. ~ Pauley Perrette

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. ~ Jane Pauley

Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life. ~ Jane Pauley

Myth: A stake through the heart will kill a vampire.
Truth: Well, duh. It would kill anyone. ~ Kimberly Pauley

When I was little, I think that I wanted Superman to be my boyfriend. ~ Pauley Perrette

Nobody calls me silly. That is not a word that applies to me. ~ Jane Pauley

My absolute favorite movie of all time is Pink Floyd's 'The Wall.' Nothing compares to it. I have seen it thousands of times and still watch it every few weeks. ~ Pauley Perrette

Myth: Vampires can shapeshift into bats at will.
Truth: Who would want to turn into a giant bat?
Wait, don't answer that. ~ Kimberly Pauley

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. ~ Jane Pauley

In the women's movement, women needed men to stand up and say, 'This isn't right.' In the civil rights of the '60s, it took people of all color to demand equal rights. ~ Pauley Perrette

My tides were fluctuating, too - back and forth, back and forth - sometimes so fast they seemed to be spinning. They call this 'rapid cycling.' It's a marvel that a person can appear to be standing still when the mood tides are sloshing back and forth, sometimes sweeping in both directions at once. They call that a 'mixed state.' ~ Jane Pauley

I'm super-obsessed with law enforcement. I'm what you'd call a 'cop fan.' ~ Pauley Perrette

Myth: Vampires have huge stockpiles of gold and treasure.
Truth: If that were true, I'd be able to get my dad to actually buy me a car. ~ Kimberly 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 I'm no longer somebody's daughter. ~ Jane Pauley

I think women think a lot about cycles, biological and personal. This year another cycle came around: my contract was up. It seemed an opportunity to take a life audit. ~ Jane Pauley

I have a big passion about civil rights for everyone - whoever is being downtrodden at the moment, it doesn't matter: racial discrimination or sexual orientation or gender. Whatever it is, I'm there. I think I was a born civil rights activist. I can't stand the smashing of a community. It's not fair and it's not right. ~ Pauley Perrette

I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was a temporary phenomenon, and I was above it. ~ Jane Pauley

Myth: Vampires don't exist
Truth: Dead wrong. ~ Kimberly Pauley

When I grew up, there were common patterns to people's lives. Now everybody is just making it up as they go along. ~ Jane Pauley

There is no telling what is going to happen in the music business in the next few years, hours, minutes, seconds. Giving artists the chance to produce and distribute their own material is great, very empowering. The technological changes that are happening so rapidly now, amongst all the opinions, are in truth, only two things, inevitable and unstoppable. ~ Pauley Perrette

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. ~ Jane Pauley

Its kind of a weird feeling, but not painful. Oh but dont drink any carbonated beverages."
"Why?"
"Just dont. Trust me."~George and Mina on the beach, from Sucks to be ME. ~ Kimberly Pauley

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

I ended up in college by accident. Everything in my life, I ended up in by accident. I was down south in this high school doing whatever. It could just not contain me. I quit school and took off and traveled around. Nobody knew where I was I just couldn't handle it anymore. It was a big scandal, I was gone. I left. ~ Pauley Perrette

If a fire burns to bright its probally not burning at all ~ Andy Pauley

Myth: Vampires sleep in coffins.
Truth: That's totally gross. It would take a total freak to want to sleep in a coffin. ~ Kimberly Pauley

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

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity. ~ Jane Pauley

I am not one of the great journalists of my time. ~ Jane Pauley