“Before going to bed, it’s my habit to have a glass of no-fat milk and cookies. When I put them together, they exploded. Scientists are still trying to figure out what happened.”
– Richard Pryor on his infamous freebasing incident, as quoted in Stefan Kanfer’s new article on “Richard Pryor: Stand-Up Philosopher” at City Journal.
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