You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.

Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em.

If I had my whole life to live over again, I don't think I'd have the strength.

My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?