Quotes & Jokes by Donald Glover / page 5

Usually, if I think something is really funny, I'm not gonna test it. I'll just test it when I'm onstage.

We put stereotypes on ourselves. Everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just be who they are.

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

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.

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.

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

I come around when you least expect me! I'm sitting at the bar when your glass is empty!

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

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'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.

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.”