Here are quotes concerning Richard Pryor's marriages, primarily his marriage with Jennifer Lee.
Richard, on marriage: "Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings...and with lawyers."
Source: Classical 103.5
Jennifer Lee, on their romance the first time around: "The relationship was so intense, so volatile, so fantastic, so dark and so light and so everything."
Source: Timesonline.co.uk
Jennifer Lee, about Richard: "I used to say that Richard got married to end his relationships, and I think he did the same thing with me, except that he found out something that I already knew. He couldn't get rid of me in his head and his heart."
Source: Timesonline.co.uk
Jennifer Lee, on forgiveness: "Obviously, I’ve had my own growth to deal with and journey to go on. People talk to me about forgiveness, but it’s less about forgiveness than... I worked on myself in therapy and all that stuff is left by the wayside. Just the love is left."
Source: The Scotsman
Jennifer Lee, on domestic violence: "People say yeah, but he beat you up and he did all these things, and yeah, that's right, [but] you gotta find a place where you're healed with all these things and move forward."
Source: Timesonline.co.uk
Richard, about Jennifer: "I felt elevated around Jenny. In this well-bred, college-educated beauty, I thought I might have found somebody who could love me so hard and passionately that I'd finally be able to love myself."
Source: "Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences"
Jennifer Lee, on remarrying Richard: "We had the opportunity to fall madly in love and, of course, screw it up. It’s amazing that we got back together and it just shows you that if what you have in the core is solid, true and made of tough stuff, then the detritus of the past, the bad times, the hurt and the pain, falls by the wayside. It never goes away, but it can’t compete with that solid gold stuff."
Source: The Scotsman
