Quotes & Jokes by Richard Pryor / page 7
He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.
There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.
When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, "I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any."
I'm going back out on the road. I love it, but I do need the money. It's a very safe high for me.
I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.
I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.
Let me tell you what really happened... Every night before I go to bed, I have milk and cookies. One night I mixed some low-fat milk and some pasteurized, then I dipped my cookie in and the shit blew up.
I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.
The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.
I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.
If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.
I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.
I went through every phone book in Africa, and I didn't find one goddamned Pryor!