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

If they're all so brilliant and I'm such an affirmative-action hire, how come they didn't catch me?

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.

Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.

I feel like I delivered a blow, an unfortunate blow to a profession that not only did I personally love doing but that I value for society.

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.

Racism built me into a person that was set up to be self-destructive.