“It made my heart ache, you know, to see all these beautiful black men in the joint. The warriors should be out there helping the masses. I felt that way, I was real naive. Six weeks I was up there and I talked to the brothers. I talked to ‘em, and ... THANK GOD WE GOT PENITENTIARIES!” - Richard Pryor
I just checked to verify that Richard Pryor really said that, and that it wasn't one of his jokes or roles from a movie. Nowadays people put stuff on the internet all the time that isn't really true.
Most of the hits come right back to Free Republic, but I think I did find the original source for that quote.
Yeah, apparently Richard Pryor really said that. More commentary at the link.
I asked one, "Why did you kill everybody in the House?" He says, "They was home."