Donald Glover Quotes

Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

Even if I weren't learning new roles and getting the opportunity to be coached by incredible people, I still think I would be so excited to have an opportunity to continue to push myself and grow, as an artist.

There's two elements to rap: having the thoughts, and then being a great rapper.

There are two kinds of actors -- one sits in a dressing room waiting for his call and the other gets out into the business and polishes his craft by absorbing everything. I don't know enough, I'll never learn everything I need to learn. When a guy thinks he's already learned it, he can only go backwards.

I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.

I feel like I've grown and become a more consummate performer. I feel like I've chiseled out a more distinctive niche.

I still want to improve in every way. I'm a young player. I want to work, and that's my aim: to improve in every single aspect of my play.

I always wanted to do good work, the best that I was able to, to really discover myself, getting better with each role, and find newer ways to do the same thing.

You gotta want to get better. You gotta want to take the next step. And I always want to get better, I always want to expand my game, expand my range.

I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as this sounds, I think the best thing you can do is constantly try to improve upon your work. Always focus on that first and foremost, and leave everything else (marketing, image) completely secondary. Obviously, easier said than done when you're trying to make a living, but if you can move along those lines and earnestly try to make things that you really enjoy it can only benefit you in the long run.

I think Ive done the best I could have done. But I keep wanting to play better, go further. There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I havent yet done. When I was younger I thought maybe Id reached that peak. But Im 86 now, and if I make it through to next month, Ill be 87. And now I know it can never be perfect, it can never be exactly what it should be, so you got to keep going further, getting better.

At Zappos, one of our core values is to Pursue Growth and Learning. In the lobby of our headquarters, we have a giving library where we give away books to employees and visitors that we think will help with their growth, both personally and professionally. I can't wait to add The Compound Effect to our library.

I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done.

There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day.

The game is to keep learning, and I don't think people are going to keep learning who don't like the learning process.

I do love making films. I want to be a filmmaker that grows and progresses and does keep trying to push myself. I think that's it... and a bit of confidence maybe.

I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further.

I think I'll always want to improve my defense. That's something that can always be better. Not saying it's bad now, just something you should always work on.

I think I can improve a lot. I think I can get a lot better. I feel like there's much, much more I can do.

I like to think that I've grown as an actor and things have changed, and I think so.

That's your responsibility as a person, as a human being - to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

If you think you've stopped learning, you're going to get lapped.

Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

I should figure out why I'm so much more interested in doing something that I think is really hard. But, somehow, the thing that is hard for me feels more noble.

After more than twenty-five years in television, there are days when I feel like I'm just beginning, because I'm learning new things. I want to be better all the time.