The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a different reading.

A lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So when they do write them, they are hillbillies or rednecks or Christian idiots.

I guess [Richard] Pryor was that good. I never saw him in a theater, but I imagine he was that good, because he was such a phenomenal actor.

Violent people usually express their love of a thing by their hatred of its opposite.

Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.

If it wasn't so pointless and ridiculous, it would be more humiliating. Also, if there [Hollywood] weren't so many people as bad as myself - equally untalented people - it would be even more humiliating.

If you cannot patiently bear correction, endeavor to avoid fault.