--- title: "13 Want Quotes By Dan Savage" description: "13 Want quotes by Dan Savage. Plus more from Dan Savage and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/dan-savage-2880_cliche_when-you-re-a-writer-you-want-to-try-to_1220576.jpg" --- > [When you're a writer, you want to try to avoid cliches. Unfortunately, when you're writing about marriage or family, all cliches seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/when-you-re-a-writer-you-want-to-try-to-avoid-cliches-unfortunately/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/dan-savage-2880_cliche_when-you-re-a-writer-you-want-to-try-to_1220576.jpg) > [If what you want is a life where your homosexuality is not an issue, move, as many have done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/if-what-you-want-is-a-life-where-your-homosexuality-is-not-an-issue/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/dan-savage-2880_done_if-what-you-want-is-a-life-where-your-ho_420503.jpg) > [You know, my problem is I cant say no to people, especially people who want to write me checks to do things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/you-know-my-problem-is-i-cant-say-no-to-people-especially-people-who/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/dan-savage-2880_cant_you-know-my-problem-is-i-cant-say-no-to_1104053.jpg) > [You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/you-want-to-help-gay-kids-you-have-to-reach-them-in-middle-school-and/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/dan-savage-2880_being-bullied_you-want-to-help-gay-kids-you-have-to-re_455246.jpg) > [I didn't want kids to think that to be happy, they had to be famous or rich or live in the big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-didn-t-want-kids-to-think-that-to-be-happy-they-had-to-be-famous-or/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/dan-savage-2880_big-cities_i-didn-t-want-kids-to-think-that-to-be-h_494779.jpg) > [...even if gay marriage were legalized there would still be gay men who didn't want to marry, gay men no other gay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-there-would-still-be-gay-men-who/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/dan-savage-2880_gay_even-if-gay-marriage-were-legalized-ther_368726.jpg) > [Valentine's Day is much more of a holy day of obligation for a guy in a relationship with a woman, because a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/valentine-s-day-is-much-more-of-a-holy-day-of-obligation-for-a-guy-in/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/dan-savage-2880_cases_valentine-s-day-is-much-more-of-a-holy-d_2818392.jpg) > [I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-think-the-best-thing-for-you-to-do-is-just-live-your-life-live-a/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/dan-savage-2880_joining_i-think-the-best-thing-for-you-to-do-is_117732.jpg) > [I think it's better to have limits. My limits are different from other people's limits. I'm all for freedom, I'm all for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-think-it-s-better-to-have-limits-my-limits-are-different-from-other/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45f/dan-savage-2880_behavior_i-think-it-s-better-to-have-limits-my-li_1859915.jpg) > [My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/my-dad-and-mom-were-more-like-world-war-ii-era-parents-even-though-it/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/dan-savage-2880_1960s_my-dad-and-mom-were-more-like-world-war_2505909.jpg) > [We've had a culture war roaring away, and the kinds of people who want to abuse and discriminate against gay people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/we-ve-had-a-culture-war-roaring-away-and-the-kinds-of-people-who-want/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/dan-savage-2880_abstract_we-ve-had-a-culture-war-roaring-away-and_1060845.jpg) > [One person simply can’t be all things to another person – sexually or otherwise—and unmet needs, unfulfilled desire, and unexplored possibilities are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/one-person-simply-can-t-be-all-things-to-another-person-sexually-or/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/dan-savage-2880_couple_one-person-simply-can-t-be-all-things-to_2211357.jpg) > [I started doing drag in Seattle because I started doing my column before I moved here, and then moved here and wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-started-doing-drag-in-seattle-because-i-started-doing-my-column/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/dan-savage-2880_able_i-started-doing-drag-in-seattle-because_868798.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Dan Savage > [Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/preaching-to-the-choir-actually-arms-the-choir-with-arguments-and/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [Bisexuals need to recognize that their being closeted is a huge contributing factor to the hostility they face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/bisexuals-need-to-recognize-that-their-being-closeted-is-a-huge/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [Really, when it comes to gay rights, there's two wars going on. The first war is political. But the culture war is over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/really-when-it-comes-to-gay-rights-there-s-two-wars-going-on-the/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-get-letters-every-year-from-women-who-think-valentine-s-day-is-an/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I'm allergic to dogs, so I couldn't even adopt what gay men typically adopt when they have that maternal gene.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-m-allergic-to-dogs-so-i-couldn-t-even-adopt-what-gay-men-typically/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [And that really captures the difference for the bullied straight kid versus the bullied gay kid, is that the bullied straight kid goes home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/and-that-really-captures-the-difference-for-the-bullied-straight-kid/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I'm one of those gay people who's constantly reminded of how fortunate I am to live now and not to be Ennis and Jack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-m-one-of-those-gay-people-who-s-constantly-reminded-of-how/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I think the best thing for you to do is just live your life. Live a life that's worth living, one where you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-think-the-best-thing-for-you-to-do-is-just-live-your-life-live-a/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [the Bible is only as good and decent as the person reading it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/the-bible-is-only-as-good-and-decent-as-the-person-reading-it/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [There's a big mistake the left has made with talking to religious people, which is attempting to talk them out of their interpretations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/there-s-a-big-mistake-the-left-has-made-with-talking-to-religious/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/the-mistake-that-straight-people-made-was-imposing-the-monogamous/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-got-picked-on-a-lot-even-by-teachers-too-i-liked-to-listen-to/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [“Either way... you've got to tell him--in no uncertain terms--to knock it the fuck off already. Don't be measured, don't wrap it up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/either-way-you-ve-got-to-tell-him-in-no-uncertain-terms-to-knock-it/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [I wanted to be a priest when I was a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/i-wanted-to-be-a-priest-when-i-was-a-kid/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) > [When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/when-you-re-young-and-queer-and-closeted-you-can-end-up-in-this-place/) [Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/dan-savage/#itemlist", "name": "13 Want Quotes By Dan Savage", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you're a writer, you want to try to avoid cliches. 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They abuse us from afar and in the abstract, they abuse us with checkbooks and ballots, but their kids go to school on Monday morning. And there's a gay kid. And they feel they have license to beat that gay kid up in a way that I don't think they did when I was in school. 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