Quotes By Richard Pryor

I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.

I was an only child.

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.

Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, I wanna grow up and be a critic.

Yes, I'm religious. God has shown me things, made certain ways clear to me.

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

The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?

Movies are movies, and I don't think any of them are going to hurt the moral fiber of America and all that nonsense.

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me!

You work your butt off and somebody says you can't have your record played because it offends them. Tyrants are made of such stuff.

I ain't no movie star, man. I'm a booty star.

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.

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

I believe in divine forces and energies.

I was kicked out of school because of my attitude. I was not assimilating. So I went to work, taking any jobs I could get.

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

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?

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour.

I think about dying. I've come to realize we all die alone in one way or another.

I'm not for integration and I'm not against it.

Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it.

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.

There's a lot more hypocrisy than before. Racism has gone back underground.

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

I just don't want to die alone, that's all. That's not too much to ask for, is it It would be nice to have someone care about me, for who I am, not about my wallet.

Everyone carries around his own monsters.

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

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.

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.