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 am making amends and seeking forgiveness. My only hope is that some good can come out of my situation.

When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.

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.

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

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

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.

Aelin is alive.

There is power in controlling something that can do so much damage-in controlling something, period.

If I ever meet you againI’ll just look at your eyesI will try to smile…Smile and savor the momentBut we ‘ll live in our own worldA world devoid of anxiety and acrimony.

Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault dear Brutus is not in our stars But in ourselves that we are underlings.

Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.

Being broke is against my religion.

Try writing an entire story with only a thousand words at your disposal. It’s a terrific lesson in economy and precession.

One day you look out and the audience consists of 65,000 people. It's like looking in the mirror and one day you realise you've gone grey.

No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.

I am sorry I couldn't complete my term as leader. It is necessary for my staff to resign ... to regain the people's trust.