"I was in the joint for eleven days. Eleven days in the joint. I went in there a negro, I come out a nigger."

"I have a lot of anger. I have a lot of rage. I have a lot of resentment. And I use it. I use it in my comedy. I use it in my writing. I use it in my life."

"(Pryor to his woman) 'I'm gonna find me some new pussy!' (Imitating the woman) 'Yeah? You had two more inches of dick you'd find some new pussy here!' 'I know the dick was good to you. If it wasn't go…"

"I'm a black man in America. And that's a tough job."

"I got rich and famous. And then I got scared. Because I realized I could lose it all."