Richard Pryor Is My Favorite Stand-up Ever.

The Young Compliment Their Greatness On The Number Of Their Friends; The Old, On The Confidence Of Them.

I Don't Have Any Ego About It, But I Find There's Not A Great Work Ethic In Show Business. A Lot Of People Are In It To Make Money, And Coming From Stand-up, You Have To Work So Hard Because Almost Nothing Works, And If You Lose The Audience For Three Minutes, You're Dead.

The Praise We Seek For Our Own Virtues Sometimes Tempts Us To Flatter The Imperfections Of Other Men.

It's Tough To Know Who's Better In Cliff Diving. Like, You See A Guy Diving Off A Cliff And You Go, Oh, Man, A Guy Diving Off A Cliff! And Then Another Guy'd Dive- Oh, There's Another Guy Diving Off A Cliff There. But You Can't Tell Who's Better, Y'know? Like, Uh- If You Survive At All, Hey, You're A Great- You're A Great Cliff Diver There. There's Only Two Classifications In Cliffdiving. There's, Uh- 'grand Champion' And Then, Uh- 'stuff On A Rock.' Very Hard To Make A Comeback In That Sport, I'll Tell You That.

I Have A Little Bit Of An Out-of-body Experience Where I Enjoy The Scenario, And I Really Do Like Seeing A Crowd Turn Into A Mob, And I Do Nothing To Stop It. People Can Become Really Dangerous.