Quotes from Richard Pryor

Mudbone: See I've lived through hard times before. People talk about these as hard times. Hard times was way back. They didn't even have a year for it. Just called it "Hard Times." It was dark all the time. I think the sun came out on Wednesday. And it you didn't have your ass up early. You missed it. So I happened to be out there one Wednesday… and the sun hit me right in the face. I grabbed a bunch of it and rubbed it all over myself.

The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is because vampires are allergic to bullshit.

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

I won't talk about what it was like in prison, except to say I'm glad I'm out and that I plan never to go back and to pay my taxes every day.

He's just always positive. He's always smiling and he's always trying.

You have to have lived some life. You've got to have paid some dues.

Imagine people calling you to find out if you're dead. I've led a real crazy life at times, and I've had many strange things happen to me, but that was one of the strangest.

It's been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.

I realized this is what God has dealt me, and I should be thankful considering all that's happened to me in my life, but MS caused the movies to stop - stop dead - and I miss it.

I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I'm for human lib, the liberation of all people, not just black people or female people or gay people.

I don't see myself getting married again, but if I do, it will be forever.

Booty is just a ghetto expression, and I'm just a booty star.

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

There was a time in my life when I thought I had everything - millions of dollars, mansions, cars, nice clothes, beautiful women, and every other materialistic thing you can imagine. Now I struggle for peace.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

That's insanity. We must be good all the time.

I believe in the institution of marriage, and I intend to keep trying till I get it right.

I can't just say the words, do a lot of one-liners. I love each person I play; I have to be that person. I have to do him true.

If you want a friend, you don't buy a friend, Eric, you earn a friend through love and trust and respect.

A lie is profanity. A lie is the worst thing in the world. Art is the ability to tell the truth.

I know that if I wasn't scared, something's wrong, because the thrill is what's scary.

Someone called all the newspapers in New York and told them I'd died. I've been told by almost everyone it was an ex-wife - I've had a few so it's hard to pinpoint which one - but who knows for sure?