Richard Pryor

I'm not perfect. Nobody is. But I'm trying to be better.

I'm a comedian. My job is to make people laugh. And if I can make 'em think, too, that's a bonus.

I love women. I just don't understand 'em.

I'm a black man in America. And that's a tough job.

I think the best way to deal with racism is to laugh at it. Because it's so ridiculous.

I'm not afraid to talk about anything. Because if you don't talk about it, it's just gonna fester.

I'm a survivor. And I'm gonna keep on surviving.

Being Bitter Makes You Immobile, And There's Too Much That I Still Want To Do.

There's A Thin Line Between To Laugh With And To Laugh At.

There's Nothing Worse Than Being An Aging Young Person.

What I'm Saying Might Be Profane, But It's Also Profound.

Everyone Carries Around His Own Monsters.

All Humor Is Rooted In Pain.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

Now they're calling taking drugs an epidemic - that's cos white folks are doing it.

I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.

When you're running down the street on fire, people get out of your way!

My lawyer had made a statement -- he didn't know the truth...he was trying to cover my ass. So I was trying to cover his ass... I wanted to say it was no accident, I got crazy one night and wanted to kill myself.... I remember pouring rum all over myself...

I thought Richard, it's finally caught up with you. I thought I had one of them and I was going to die...my right eye is blind. You could hit me on this side and I wouldn't see it coming.

I don't mind women leavin' me...but they tell you why. Fuck that, just leave...'cause there ain't shit you can say when they're talkin' to you.