"But the material was deemed too controversial — one sketch had Pryor totally nude but with his genitalia blacked out — and the series was cancelled after just four episodes."

"I used to be a drunk. But then I realized I was just wasting my time. I could be doing something else, like getting high."

"I got in a fight with my wife. She said, 'You're not a man!' I said, 'I'm a man! I got a penis!' She said, 'Yeah, but it's not working!'"

"I'm not a philosopher. I'm just a guy who thinks a lot."

"The first time I ever saw a vagina up close, I thought somebody had been skinned alive."