A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby..

America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners..

Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but….

The political arena is the funniest.They [politicians] are always pretending to change, but they never change. They're the best actors and actresses ….

People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money..

There's always a message in my comedy..

You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it..

I've never seen anyone more messed up over success than Richard Pryor. For him, it's a constant battle between success in the white world and keeping….

You can't pick when you're touched. You can't pick the time. It just is. It's the reality. What it is, is. I can't change the past. I can only deal w….

You know who you are. If my mother is a nun and someone comes up to me and they go, 'Your mother is a prostitute.' It is not going to bother me, beca….