I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age of television came along when I was still in my early teens.

It's depressing to see blacks wanting to dive into the mainstream of American commercial life. They come from a magnificent African culture based on aesthetics, and they all want to become fort builders like the vicious people who originally enslaved them.

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.

Every person you look at, you can see the universe in their eyes, if you're really looking

Life is sacred? Who said so? God? Hey, if you read history, you realize that God is one of the leading causes of death.

I think it would be fair and right to use some of my land and wealth for a drug-rehab center or an Indian school.

President George Bush declared a National Day of Prayer for Peace. This was after he had carefully arranged and started the war.