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

"I didn't believe I was in the hospital. This doctor kept asking me, 'Do you know who I am?' And I kept wondering, 'Why is he asking me this?' I thought all these people were trying to kill me."

"I’m for anything that gets you through the night—be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniels."

"But the material was deemed too controversial — one sketch had Pryor totally nude but with his genitalia blacked out — and the series was cancelled after just four episodes."

"I freebased so much one time I thought the police were after me. It was the TV repairman."