"I look at it like that word, `nigger`, used to be a word of oppression. But that when I say it, it feels more like an act of freedom. For me to be able to say that unapologetically on television."

"I figured, let me just cut myself off from everybody, take a minute and pull a Flintstone, stop a speeding car by using my bare feet as brakes." - on his abrupt departure from "Chappelle`s Show" (2003).

If you`re Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, and your marriage is breaking up - that`s an awful thing. But to see that speculation in people, it`s gotta sting a little bit.

I still think people do have racial hang-ups, but I think one of the reasons I can joke about it is people are shedding those racial hatreds.