Quotes By Richard Pryor

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!

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.

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.

Friends take up time, and I didn't have time.

I became a performer because it was what I enjoyed doing.

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?

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.

Hawaii is the best form of comfort for me. When I die, I want to be cremated, and I want half my ashes spread in the Pacific around the island, the rest on the property.

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

I was an only child.

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.