Quotes & Jokes by Donald Glover / page 5

Black culture is a fight. We want to hold on to what we are, but sometimes the things that we are can be totally negative. You have to think: can't we try something new and not be seen as suspect?

A lot of the rap shows I saw as a kid were boring, but if you went to a Rage show or a Justice show, the kids were losing their minds.

Took the G out your waffle all you have left is your ego.

People say I've changed and I tell em that I'm glad 'cause I don't wanna stay the same.

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.

Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.

Writing is a very strenuous thing - it's like banging your head against a wall. At the end of the day, acting is better, just because nobody ever asked me if I wanted a Pellegrino in the writer's room.

To all my fans who’s saying Donald Glover about to blow, just give me six months so you can say I told you so.

Kept looking for something to be in with. Follow someone’s blueprint. But you have to be on your own.

I hate it when you really think you're getting something good... and you don't listen to your dudes when you really should.

I wish I was a book. She could pick me up, flip through my pages. Make sure nobody drew wieners in me.

I got really lost last year. But I can’t be lonely though. Cause we’re all stuck here. I wanted to make something that says no matter how bad you fuck up, or mistakes you’ve made during the year, your life, your eternity. You’re always allowed to be better. You’re always allowed to grow up. If you want.

I don’t know if this is a nerdy quality or just something left over from my uncle’s alcoholism, but I get obsessed with things very easily, things that don’t matter. I think that is a very nerdy quality to be like, “Oh this thing! I love it and I’m going to learn everything about it real soon.”

I personally don't believe people really grow. They just learn stuff when they were a kid, and hold on to it, and that affects every relationship they have.

When we were making out you kinda acted like it was nothing. Like you were doing it to prove you could do it or something.