Jayson Blair

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.

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

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

Affirmative action has been generally cast in terms of race. I think women themselves are not as cognizant of the role affirmative action has played in opening the doors for women.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.