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.

I'm as American as apple pie.

I like when people are trapped in the joke, when there's no escape. I like to lead people down the wrong path and then trap them.

A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby.

There's no such thing as reverse racism.

Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43.

An audience can be like a pack of wolves.