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?
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.
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.
Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to 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.”
People say I've changed and I tell em that I'm glad 'cause I don't wanna stay the same.
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.
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.
I think it's a comedian's job to make everything funny. Nothing is off-limits.
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.
Girls who used to tell me I ain't cool enough now text me pics saying you can tear this up!