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.

Some people it seems to me would like for me to crawl in a hole and disappear forever. That's just not in my nature.

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

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

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

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.

I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.