I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life.

No, I'm not dying, and I sure... ain't dead.

A sold-out house my first night back. Do you have any idea what kinda pressure that is? I could have been at home in my warm bed, playing Nintendo.

If you ask me about women's lib, I say I don't even know what that is.

When I was in Africa, this voice came to me and said, "Richard, what do you see?" I said, "I see all types of people." The voice said, "But do you see any niggers?" I said, "No." It said, "Do you know why? 'Cause there aren't any."

The black groups that boycott certain films would do better to get the money together to make the films they want to see, or stay in church and leave us to our work.

If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.