I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping it real for his black self.

People don't want to hear the truth, they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. And then when they get caught up in it, they start being in denial because they don't want to be wrong.

If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy.

America is racial. America was founded on race. Race is America. The code name for America is 'race.'

America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.

I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen.

An audience can be like a pack of wolves.