--- title: "24 Want Quotes By David Sedaris" description: "24 Want quotes by David Sedaris. Plus more from David Sedaris and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/david-sedaris-333_magazines_i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sen_356158.png" --- > [I don't really do very well when I'm sent somewhere. A lot of magazines want to send you somewhere to do something.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sent-somewhere-a-lot-of/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/david-sedaris-333_magazines_i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sen_356158.png) > [The combination of ammonia and chloride can be lethal but I've discovered it can work miracles as long as you keep telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/the-combination-of-ammonia-and-chloride-can-be-lethal-but-i-ve/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/david-sedaris-333_ammonia_the-combination-of-ammonia-and-chloride_720511.png) > [I had to wrestle daily with both my inadequacy and my uncontrollable jealousy. I didn't want to kill her, but hoped someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-had-to-wrestle-daily-with-both-my-inadequacy-and-my-uncontrollable/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/david-sedaris-333_inadequacy_i-had-to-wrestle-daily-with-both-my-inad_2076222.png) > [My feet are completely flat, but for most of my life they were still shaped like feet. Now, thanks to bunions, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/my-feet-are-completely-flat-but-for-most-of-my-life-they-were-still/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/david-sedaris-333_boring_my-feet-are-completely-flat-but-for-most_534572.png) > [The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/the-humor-section-is-the-last-place-an-author-wants-to-be-they-put/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/david-sedaris-333_books_the-humor-section-is-the-last-place-an-a_2598519.png) > [I always say to young people, "Get the hell out of the United States." Especially if you're young, like if you're 21…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-always-say-to-young-people-get-the-hell-out-of-the-united-states/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/david-sedaris-333_being-nice_i-always-say-to-young-people-get-the-hel_107229.jpg) > [I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builder’s performance piece. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-had-paid-for-my-folly-and-as-a-reward-was-invited-to-take-part-in/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/david-sedaris-333_birth_i-had-paid-for-my-folly-and-as-a-reward_406739.png) > [What's strange is, the people who want to be in the position are never asked to be in the position. Like, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/what-s-strange-is-the-people-who-want-to-be-in-the-position-are-never/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/david-sedaris-333_convince_what-s-strange-is-the-people-who-want-to_814940.jpg) > [You meet people who say, "Oh, I'd like to do such-and-such, but I don't have the time." But it always seemed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/you-meet-people-who-say-oh-i-d-like-to-do-such-and-such-but-i-don-t/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/david-sedaris-333_ifs_you-meet-people-who-say-oh-i-d-like-to-d_1617131.png) > [“States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don’t want to get married, it tends to hurt my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/states-vote-to-take-away-my-marriage-rights-and-even-though-i-don-t/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/david-sedaris-333_bugs_states-vote-to-take-away-my-marriage-rig_1377292.png) > [At the morgue, people were so desensitized that they would eat lunch in the glass walled room adjacent to the autopsy room.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/at-the-morgue-people-were-so-desensitized-that-they-would-eat-lunch/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/david-sedaris-333_air_at-the-morgue-people-were-so-desensitize_1764095.png) > [I would start by writing to an adult, maybe a high school teacher, or maybe an aunt or uncle, and writing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-would-start-by-writing-to-an-adult-maybe-a-high-school-teacher-or/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/david-sedaris-333_adults_i-would-start-by-writing-to-an-adult-may_3108262.png) > [We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/we-re-not-unique-in-our-family-we-re-more-ambitious-but-we-re-not/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/david-sedaris-333_ambitious_we-re-not-unique-in-our-family-we-re-mor_745650.jpg) > [When you go to that other country you realize that in France and in England, you don't ask somebody what they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/when-you-go-to-that-other-country-you-realize-that-in-france-and-in/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/david-sedaris-333_america_when-you-go-to-that-other-country-you-re_2233523.png) > [Someone told me something recently about Sarah Palin, someone I trusted in the book business. They said, "I worked with Palin. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/someone-told-me-something-recently-about-sarah-palin-someone-i/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/david-sedaris-333_awful_someone-told-me-something-recently-about_995611.jpg) > [Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/listen-you-might-want-to-pack-a-few-of-your-things-together-before/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/david-sedaris-333_adults_listen-you-might-want-to-pack-a-few-of-y_1574379.png) > [His embarassment would have pleased me, but once he recovered, there would be that awkward period that sometimes culminates in a handshake.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/his-embarassment-would-have-pleased-me-but-once-he-recovered-there/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/david-sedaris-333_awkward_his-embarassment-would-have-pleased-me-b_2292339.png) > [In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/in-america-if-your-next-door-neighbor-has-a-rolls-royce-you-want-one/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/david-sedaris-333_accidents_in-america-if-your-next-door-neighbor-ha_353985.png) > [I've maintained old friendships, like with people I knew in the nineteen-seventies, but have lost the knack for meeting new people. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-ve-maintained-old-friendships-like-with-people-i-knew-in-the/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/david-sedaris-333_being-a-good-friend_i-ve-maintained-old-friendships-like-wit_2782986.png) > [In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/in-order-to-get-the-things-i-want-it-helps-me-to-pretend-i-m-a-figure/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/david-sedaris-333_balls_in-order-to-get-the-things-i-want-it-hel_1384546.jpg) > [Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/across-town-over-in-the-east-village-the-graffiti-was-calling-for-the/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/david-sedaris-333_calling_across-town-over-in-the-east-village-the_1479514.jpg) > [I would still be reading out loud. I think that if you are any kind of an artist, then validation is just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-would-still-be-reading-out-loud-i-think-that-if-you-are-any-kind-of/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/david-sedaris-333_art_i-would-still-be-reading-out-loud-i-thin_799477.png) > [The good thing about being gay, though, I always believed, is that you didn't make anyone go to a wedding. Nobody wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/the-good-thing-about-being-gay-though-i-always-believed-is-that-you/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/david-sedaris-333_always-believe_the-good-thing-about-being-gay-though-i_1440541.png) > [I don't write about sex because it's not really my subject. I love it when other people write about it, but it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-don-t-write-about-sex-because-it-s-not-really-my-subject-i-love-it/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/david-sedaris-333_audience_i-don-t-write-about-sex-because-it-s-not_2430911.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by David Sedaris > [“Plenty of animals had pets, but few were more devoted than the mouse, who owned a baby corn snake—“A rescue snake, she’d be quick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/plenty-of-animals-had-pets-but-few-were-more-devoted-than-the-mouse/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [“never fall asleep in a Dumpster, never underestimate a bee, never drive a convertible behind a flatbed truck, never get old, never get drunk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/never-fall-asleep-in-a-dumpster-never-underestimate-a-bee-never-drive/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [“It was a father, one hand resting teapot-style on his hip, and the other - what would be the spout - formed into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/it-was-a-father-one-hand-resting-teapot-style-on-his-hip-and-the/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [“A Japanese woman we’d met in Paris came to the apartment yesterday and spent several hours explaining our appliances. The microwave, the water kettle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/a-japanese-woman-we-d-met-in-paris-came-to-the-apartment-yesterday/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [One thing I like about the United States, and I kind of miss about the United States, is there's an election coming up here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/one-thing-i-like-about-the-united-states-and-i-kind-of-miss-about-the/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/when-you-read-comic-material-and-people-aren-t-laughing-how-do-you/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [“You have how many children in your family?" the teacher would ask. "I'm guessing you must be Catholic, am I right?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/you-have-how-many-children-in-your-family-the-teacher-would-ask-i-m/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [“Like most seasoned phonies, I roundly suspect that everyone is as disingenuous as I am.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/like-most-seasoned-phonies-i-roundly-suspect-that-everyone-is-as/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/as-a-child-i-assumed-that-when-i-reached-adulthood-i-would-have-grown/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [“You just take and take don´t you? Out there with your thumb in the air—not a care in the world, just grabbing whatever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/you-just-take-and-take-don-t-you-out-there-with-your-thumb-in-the-air/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [In other parts of the country people tried to stay together for the sake of the children. In New York they tried to work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/in-other-parts-of-the-country-people-tried-to-stay-together-for-the/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [My boyfriend got me a computer three years ago. I'll admit it does make things a lot easier. When I was working on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/my-boyfriend-got-me-a-computer-three-years-ago-i-ll-admit-it-does/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [I spent months searching for some secret code before I realized that common sense has nothing to do with it. Hysteria, psychosis, torture, depression:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-spent-months-searching-for-some-secret-code-before-i-realized-that/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [I hated leaving a hole in the smoking world, and so I recruited someone to take my place. People have given me a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-hated-leaving-a-hole-in-the-smoking-world-and-so-i-recruited/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) > [Write relentlessly, until you find your voice. Then, use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/write-relentlessly-until-you-find-your-voice-then-use-it/) [David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-sedaris/#itemlist", "name": "24 Want Quotes By David Sedaris", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't really do very well when I'm sent somewhere. A lot of magazines want to send you somewhere to do something. They want you to stow away on a ship, or something like that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sent-somewhere-a-lot-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/david-sedaris-333_magazines_i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sen_356158.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/david-sedaris-333_magazines_i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sen_356158.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/david-sedaris-333_magazines_i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sen_356158.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't really do very well when I'm sent somewhere. A lot of magazines want to send you somewhere to do…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The combination of ammonia and chloride can be lethal but I've discovered it can work miracles as long as you keep telling yourself, \"I want to love, I want to live...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/the-combination-of-ammonia-and-chloride-can-be-lethal-but-i-ve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/david-sedaris-333_ammonia_the-combination-of-ammonia-and-chloride_720511.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/david-sedaris-333_ammonia_the-combination-of-ammonia-and-chloride_720511.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/david-sedaris-333_ammonia_the-combination-of-ammonia-and-chloride_720511.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The combination of ammonia and chloride can be lethal but I've discovered it can work miracles as long as…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had to wrestle daily with both my inadequacy and my uncontrollable jealousy. I didn't want to kill her, but hoped someone else might do the job for me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-had-to-wrestle-daily-with-both-my-inadequacy-and-my-uncontrollable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/david-sedaris-333_inadequacy_i-had-to-wrestle-daily-with-both-my-inad_2076222.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/david-sedaris-333_inadequacy_i-had-to-wrestle-daily-with-both-my-inad_2076222.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/david-sedaris-333_inadequacy_i-had-to-wrestle-daily-with-both-my-inad_2076222.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had to wrestle daily with both my inadequacy and my uncontrollable jealousy. I didn't want to kill her…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My feet are completely flat, but for most of my life they were still shaped like feet. Now, thanks to bunions, they're shaped more like states, wide boring ones that nobody wants to drive through.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/my-feet-are-completely-flat-but-for-most-of-my-life-they-were-still/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/david-sedaris-333_boring_my-feet-are-completely-flat-but-for-most_534572.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/david-sedaris-333_boring_my-feet-are-completely-flat-but-for-most_534572.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/david-sedaris-333_boring_my-feet-are-completely-flat-but-for-most_534572.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My feet are completely flat, but for most of my life they were still shaped like feet. Now, thanks to…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/the-humor-section-is-the-last-place-an-author-wants-to-be-they-put/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/david-sedaris-333_books_the-humor-section-is-the-last-place-an-a_2598519.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/david-sedaris-333_books_the-humor-section-is-the-last-place-an-a_2598519.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/705/david-sedaris-333_books_the-humor-section-is-the-last-place-an-a_2598519.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always say to young people, \"Get the hell out of the United States.\" Especially if you're young, like if you're 21 or something. Let's say you don't speak any Italian. You're 21. Everyone's going to want to sleep with you and be nice to you. And the best way to learn a language is to sleep with someone from that country.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-always-say-to-young-people-get-the-hell-out-of-the-united-states/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/david-sedaris-333_being-nice_i-always-say-to-young-people-get-the-hel_107229.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/david-sedaris-333_being-nice_i-always-say-to-young-people-get-the-hel_107229.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/david-sedaris-333_being-nice_i-always-say-to-young-people-get-the-hel_107229.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always say to young people, \"Get the hell out of the United States.\" Especially if you're young, like if…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builder’s performance piece. The script was great. ‘When I bleat here, do you want me to just bleat or to really let go and “bleat, bleat”?’ I asked. ‘I feel like “bleat, bleating,” but if Mother/Destroyer is going to be crawling through the birth canal of concertina wire, I don’t want to steal focus, you know what I mean?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-had-paid-for-my-folly-and-as-a-reward-was-invited-to-take-part-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/david-sedaris-333_birth_i-had-paid-for-my-folly-and-as-a-reward_406739.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/david-sedaris-333_birth_i-had-paid-for-my-folly-and-as-a-reward_406739.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/david-sedaris-333_birth_i-had-paid-for-my-folly-and-as-a-reward_406739.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had paid for my folly and, as a reward, was invited to take part in the nest builder’s performance piece…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's strange is, the people who want to be in the position are never asked to be in the position. Like, if you don't want to do something, then people really want you to do it. And the more you say, \"No, really, I'm sorry, it's really not for me,\" the more they want to convince you that it is, in fact, for you, and that you'd be absolutely perfect.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/what-s-strange-is-the-people-who-want-to-be-in-the-position-are-never/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/david-sedaris-333_convince_what-s-strange-is-the-people-who-want-to_814940.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/david-sedaris-333_convince_what-s-strange-is-the-people-who-want-to_814940.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ca/david-sedaris-333_convince_what-s-strange-is-the-people-who-want-to_814940.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's strange is, the people who want to be in the position are never asked to be in the position. Like, if…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You meet people who say, \"Oh, I'd like to do such-and-such, but I don't have the time.\" But it always seemed to me like you make the time. And if you have a wife or a job, if you have kids or whatever, you find a way. If you really want to do it, you make the time.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/you-meet-people-who-say-oh-i-d-like-to-do-such-and-such-but-i-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/david-sedaris-333_ifs_you-meet-people-who-say-oh-i-d-like-to-d_1617131.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/david-sedaris-333_ifs_you-meet-people-who-say-oh-i-d-like-to-d_1617131.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/david-sedaris-333_ifs_you-meet-people-who-say-oh-i-d-like-to-d_1617131.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You meet people who say, \"Oh, I'd like to do such-and-such, but I don't have the time.\" But it always seemed…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don’t want to get married, it tends to hurt my feelings. I guess what bugs me is that it was put to a vote in the first place. If you don’t want to marry a homosexual, then don’t. But what gives you the right to weigh in on your neighbor’s options? It’s like voting on whether or not redheads should be allowed to celebrate Christmas.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/states-vote-to-take-away-my-marriage-rights-and-even-though-i-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/david-sedaris-333_bugs_states-vote-to-take-away-my-marriage-rig_1377292.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/david-sedaris-333_bugs_states-vote-to-take-away-my-marriage-rig_1377292.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/david-sedaris-333_bugs_states-vote-to-take-away-my-marriage-rig_1377292.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don’t want to get married, it tends to hurt…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "At the morgue, people were so desensitized that they would eat lunch in the glass walled room adjacent to the autopsy room. A viewing room. Because it had the best air conditioning in the building. So they would eat in there and maybe somebody would come in who had been found after being dead for three days and they would say: That is the exact purple I want for those drapes in the study. They didn't miss a beat. They could eat through anything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/at-the-morgue-people-were-so-desensitized-that-they-would-eat-lunch/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/david-sedaris-333_air_at-the-morgue-people-were-so-desensitize_1764095.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/david-sedaris-333_air_at-the-morgue-people-were-so-desensitize_1764095.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/david-sedaris-333_air_at-the-morgue-people-were-so-desensitize_1764095.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At the morgue, people were so desensitized that they would eat lunch in the glass walled room adjacent to…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would start by writing to an adult, maybe a high school teacher, or maybe an aunt or uncle, and writing and telling them why you want to go to a particular university. That's probably what you would actually sound like. Then write your letter to the university, and put those 2 versions in front of you, and look at the difference between those 2 things.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-would-start-by-writing-to-an-adult-maybe-a-high-school-teacher-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/david-sedaris-333_adults_i-would-start-by-writing-to-an-adult-may_3108262.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/david-sedaris-333_adults_i-would-start-by-writing-to-an-adult-may_3108262.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/david-sedaris-333_adults_i-would-start-by-writing-to-an-adult-may_3108262.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would start by writing to an adult, maybe a high school teacher, or maybe an aunt or uncle, and writing…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else in my family; it's just that we wanted more than Raleigh, North Carolina, had to offer. If my brother wanted more than Raleigh had to offer, you would know his name. My sister Lisa has a really unique and different voice, but she doesn't want that. She's a fine writer, but never said, \"I want a book. I want that kind of attention.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/we-re-not-unique-in-our-family-we-re-more-ambitious-but-we-re-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/david-sedaris-333_ambitious_we-re-not-unique-in-our-family-we-re-mor_745650.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/david-sedaris-333_ambitious_we-re-not-unique-in-our-family-we-re-mor_745650.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/david-sedaris-333_ambitious_we-re-not-unique-in-our-family-we-re-mor_745650.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We're not unique in our family. We're more ambitious but we're not special. I'm not funnier than anyone else…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you go to that other country you realize that in France and in England, you don't ask somebody what they do for a living when you meet someone. A lot of the obvious things, the shortcuts we take in America - in America you can talk about money all you want. You can ask how much they make, rent they pay, how much their house costs and how much their car costs, and they'll feel comfortable telling you. But it's scandalous to ask anyone in England or France a question like that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/when-you-go-to-that-other-country-you-realize-that-in-france-and-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/david-sedaris-333_america_when-you-go-to-that-other-country-you-re_2233523.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/david-sedaris-333_america_when-you-go-to-that-other-country-you-re_2233523.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/david-sedaris-333_america_when-you-go-to-that-other-country-you-re_2233523.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you go to that other country you realize that in France and in England, you don't ask somebody what…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Someone told me something recently about Sarah Palin, someone I trusted in the book business. They said, \"I worked with Palin. She did an event at my bookstore, and she was really, really nice, and even more beautiful in person.\" I didn't want to hear that. I wanted to hear that she was awful and hideous-looking. But I thought, I have to listen to that. I have to hear that. I don't want to be the one who is going to deny anything complimentary said about somebody just because I disagree with that person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/someone-told-me-something-recently-about-sarah-palin-someone-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/david-sedaris-333_awful_someone-told-me-something-recently-about_995611.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/david-sedaris-333_awful_someone-told-me-something-recently-about_995611.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/david-sedaris-333_awful_someone-told-me-something-recently-about_995611.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Someone told me something recently about Sarah Palin, someone I trusted in the book business. They said, \"I…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight along with six to eight black men. They might put some candy in your shoes, they might stuff you into a sack and take you to Spain, or they might just pretend to kick you. We don't know for sure, but we want you to be prepared.\" This was the reward for living in the Netherlands. As a child you get to hear this story, and as an adult you get to turn around and repeat it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/listen-you-might-want-to-pack-a-few-of-your-things-together-before/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/david-sedaris-333_adults_listen-you-might-want-to-pack-a-few-of-y_1574379.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/david-sedaris-333_adults_listen-you-might-want-to-pack-a-few-of-y_1574379.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7c/david-sedaris-333_adults_listen-you-might-want-to-pack-a-few-of-y_1574379.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "His embarassment would have pleased me, but once he recovered, there would be that awkward period that sometimes culminates in a handshake. I didn't want to touch these people's hands or see things from their point of view, I just wanted to continue hating them. So I kept my mouth shut and stared off into space.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/his-embarassment-would-have-pleased-me-but-once-he-recovered-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/david-sedaris-333_awkward_his-embarassment-would-have-pleased-me-b_2292339.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/david-sedaris-333_awkward_his-embarassment-would-have-pleased-me-b_2292339.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/david-sedaris-333_awkward_his-embarassment-would-have-pleased-me-b_2292339.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“His embarassment would have pleased me, but once he recovered, there would be that awkward period that…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want him to die in a fiery accident. That's a quote from someone else, but there's something about American optimism, that feeling you can do anything if you're at least middle class in America. If I can have a writing career, anyone can. There's nothing special about me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/in-america-if-your-next-door-neighbor-has-a-rolls-royce-you-want-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/david-sedaris-333_accidents_in-america-if-your-next-door-neighbor-ha_353985.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/david-sedaris-333_accidents_in-america-if-your-next-door-neighbor-ha_353985.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/david-sedaris-333_accidents_in-america-if-your-next-door-neighbor-ha_353985.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've maintained old friendships, like with people I knew in the nineteen-seventies, but have lost the knack for meeting new people. This has a lot to do with my writing schedule. I don't want to be disturbed, and the willingness to be disturbed is, I think, part of being a good friend.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-ve-maintained-old-friendships-like-with-people-i-knew-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/david-sedaris-333_being-a-good-friend_i-ve-maintained-old-friendships-like-wit_2782986.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/david-sedaris-333_being-a-good-friend_i-ve-maintained-old-friendships-like-wit_2782986.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/david-sedaris-333_being-a-good-friend_i-ve-maintained-old-friendships-like-wit_2782986.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've maintained old friendships, like with people I knew in the nineteen-seventies, but have lost the knack…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer. Soap opera characters make emphatic pronouncements. They ball up their fists and state their goals out loud. ‘I will destroy Buchanan Enterprises,’ they say. ‘Phoebe Wallingford will pay for what she’s done to our family.’ Walking home with the back half of the twelve-foot ladder, I turned to look in the direction of Hugh’s loft. ‘You will be mine,’ I commanded.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/in-order-to-get-the-things-i-want-it-helps-me-to-pretend-i-m-a-figure/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/david-sedaris-333_balls_in-order-to-get-the-things-i-want-it-hel_1384546.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/david-sedaris-333_balls_in-order-to-get-the-things-i-want-it-hel_1384546.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/david-sedaris-333_balls_in-order-to-get-the-things-i-want-it-hel_1384546.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer. Soap…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Though it sometimes seemed like a nice idea, I hoped the revolution would not take place during my lifetime. I didn't want the rich to go away until I could at least briefly join their ranks.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/across-town-over-in-the-east-village-the-graffiti-was-calling-for-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/david-sedaris-333_calling_across-town-over-in-the-east-village-the_1479514.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/david-sedaris-333_calling_across-town-over-in-the-east-village-the_1479514.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ed/david-sedaris-333_calling_across-town-over-in-the-east-village-the_1479514.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I would still be reading out loud. I think that if you are any kind of an artist, then validation is just sort of... it can be a result, but you're going to do the work anyway. Because you're just wired that way. It's so engrained, it's such a part of your personality that you don't just stop doing it. Eventually I'll retire on some level, eventually no one will want to buy my books or a ticket to see me read, it's inevitable that's going to happe", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-would-still-be-reading-out-loud-i-think-that-if-you-are-any-kind-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/david-sedaris-333_art_i-would-still-be-reading-out-loud-i-thin_799477.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/david-sedaris-333_art_i-would-still-be-reading-out-loud-i-thin_799477.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/david-sedaris-333_art_i-would-still-be-reading-out-loud-i-thin_799477.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I would still be reading out loud. I think that if you are any kind of an artist, then validation is just…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 23, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The good thing about being gay, though, I always believed, is that you didn't make anyone go to a wedding. Nobody wants to go to a wedding. Nobody. It kind of bothers me now that you have to go to gay weddings, too. I don't care. It's still a wedding. And I would give anybody double gifts if they would elope.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/the-good-thing-about-being-gay-though-i-always-believed-is-that-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/david-sedaris-333_always-believe_the-good-thing-about-being-gay-though-i_1440541.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/david-sedaris-333_always-believe_the-good-thing-about-being-gay-though-i_1440541.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22a/david-sedaris-333_always-believe_the-good-thing-about-being-gay-though-i_1440541.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The good thing about being gay, though, I always believed, is that you didn't make anyone go to a wedding…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't write about sex because it's not really my subject. I love it when other people write about it, but it's not my subject, and I don't want anyone I've had sex with to write about it. Plus, you're in front of an audience, and they picture wherever you're writing about. I'm 52; no one in the audience wants to picture that.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Sedaris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/i-don-t-write-about-sex-because-it-s-not-really-my-subject-i-love-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/david-sedaris-333_audience_i-don-t-write-about-sex-because-it-s-not_2430911.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/david-sedaris-333_audience_i-don-t-write-about-sex-because-it-s-not_2430911.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/david-sedaris-333_audience_i-don-t-write-about-sex-because-it-s-not_2430911.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't write about sex because it's not really my subject. I love it when other people write about it, but…” — David Sedaris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-sedaris/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-sedaris/", "name": "Want Quotes by David Sedaris", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-sedaris/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/david-sedaris-333_magazines_i-don-t-really-do-very-well-when-i-m-sen_356158.png" }, "description": "24 Want quotes by David Sedaris. Plus more from David Sedaris and more Want sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-sedaris/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-sedaris/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Want", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "David Sedaris", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/david-sedaris/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```