I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you nothing, man. It's what you owe the world.

Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.

I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson.

Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.

Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? 'Cause he had problems.