I don't know how one would define an affirmative-action hire. I ultimately do not know what role race played in my hiring.

I think people can learn from my experience - you know, any young people who are under pressure, whether you work on Wall Street or you work in a factory in Alabama, and young journalists.

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.

When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.