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

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

I have lived a life that has been beautiful and painful at some moments. But I am convinced others can learn how to control a certain kind of rage that bubbles up in many Americans, particularly, but not limited to, women, blacks, and other minorities.

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case.

Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of, my moral and ethical underpinnings.

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