Quotes & Jokes by Richard Pryor / page 7

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.

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.

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

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 slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.

I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!

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.

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 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'm going through a humbling experience these days.

I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst... In other words, I had a life.

I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.