Richard Pryor

I know this is a free country because they let me in here.

The first time I saw a white woman naked was in Playboy magazine. I thought she was dead. 'Cause I'd never seen a white woman with her eyes closed before.

I don't like the word 'nigger.' But I don't like the word 'colored' either. 'Colored' sounds like something you spill on yourself. 'Oh shit, I colored myself!'

My mama used to whip me so bad, I wished I'd never been born. And if I had a choice, I'd take death.

I was a virgin till I was 20. I didn't lose my virginity, I know exactly where I left it.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug. It makes you feel like a new man. And the first thing that new man wants is another line of cocaine.

I freebased so much one time I thought the police were after me. It was the TV repairman.