I can't say anything other than the fact that I feel a range of emotions including guilt, shame, sadness, betrayal, freedom and appreciation for those who have stood by me, been tough on me, and have taken the time to understand that there is a deeper story and not to believe everything they read in the newspapers.

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.

It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you.

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

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

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

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.