A biography for Flip Wilsonhasn’t been written yet.
“Violence is a tool of the ignorant.”
“I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.”
“The cost of living is going up while the chances of living are going down.”
“I have the bug again. I'm expecting the response to seeing the show again on Nick to be very good, and this will set the groundwork for what I want to do.”
“Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.”
“My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?”
“I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.”
“A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.”
“After having seen the job done on that first show of mine, I realized that I felt like I wanted to work again for a short while. Two, three years, then stop.”
“I accomplished what I set out to do. I wanted the whole cookie, and I got it. Now I want to spend more time with my children - make sure they don't go through what I did.”
“I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.”
“I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'”