We put stereotypes on ourselves - like, everybody does that. But I think it's just a little harder for black kids to just like, you know, be who they are. Donald Glover More Quotes by Donald Glover More Quotes From Donald Glover You have to be real with yourself. No one is doing that. People are too concerned with making everything look nice and calm and pretty. Donald Glover nicerealpeople We lay out our lives in a narrative we understand, like a movie, but are you enjoying making it or are you wondering who's watching my movie. Donald Glover movieunderstandinglife If it makes you nervous- you're doing it right. Donald Glover nervousifs You're always allowed to be better. Donald Glover Took the G out yo waffle, all you got left is your ego. Donald Glover wafflesleftego One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation." Donald Glover dadwantconversation I'd much rather have AIDS than a baby... They're not that different at all. They're both expensive, you have them for the rest of your life, they're constant reminders of the mistakes you've made and once you have them, you pretty much can only date other people who have them. Donald Glover mistakebabypeople May your dreams be sweet and your nightmares be spooky-monster-scary and not grandma-died-scary. Donald Glover grandmadreamsweet I am what I am, everything I wanna be Donald Glover i-am-what-i-am Suicide is kinda dumb to me. If I wanna kill myself I will. It's not hard to die, I could do it like right now. But why is everybody pretending like everything's ok, Everything's not ok. We are more connected than we've ever been, But I feel more alone than I've ever been. Donald Glover pretendingdumbsuicide 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. Donald Glover figurestryingschool When I wanna be a superhero I just wake up. Donald Glover superherowake-up People are sometimes like: "Oh man, you're so talented and you do a bunch of stuff." I'm not! I swear to god, I'm not. I just like learning stuff, I like doing stuff. And I feel like everybody can definitely do it. Donald Glover swear-to-godstuff-i-likemen We had a teacher, named Mr. Brown, and he was writing something on the board once - he was writing something on the board, and he farted. And you would have thought kids had seen the face of God. Kids weren't even laughing; they were just sitting there screaming, just screaming. Kids had to get carted out; kids were screaming. Kids had to get carted out, and they were going to the nurses' office. Kids are crying in the hallway. 'Oh, this is our 9/11.' And it was. It was their 9/11 'cause they never thought anything like that could ever happen. Donald Glover writingteacherkids Bright lights, they tend to burn out fast. So I shine bright, but I'm scared that it won't last. Donald Glover shine-brightshininglight I refuse to go back to not liking who I was. Donald Glover refuse 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. Donald Glover believekidspeople Most people think I'm Danny Glover's son when they meet me. So when they ask, I say 'No, I'm Crispin Glover's son.' Then we stare at each other for a long time. Donald Glover longsonthinking I hope a kid listens to my stuff, I hope there's a change made and at least somebody walks away with: "I'm doing this because I like it." People are going to hate it and that's okay, but I have to do it because my happiness is important too, it's worth it. Donald Glover hatekidspeople Don't be mad cuz I'm doing me better than you doing you. Donald Glover hustledoing-youmad
