Donald Glover Quotes & Sayings

“I felt like high school for me was like a big whirlpool of me trying to figure out what was OK for me to do.”

“I try to be me to the utmost.”

“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?”

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

“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.”

“I have an obsession with books about kids with Asperger's syndrome.”

“When anybody pays you to be creative, you're very lucky.”

“Careers very rarely are a waste of time; jobs usually are.”

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

“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.”