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.

One of my weaknesses happens to be lying, and I could tell you that I'm never going to lie again in my life, but that would be a lie.

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.

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

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