--- title: "19 Want Quotes By Roxane Gay" description: "19 Want quotes by Roxane Gay. Plus more from Roxane Gay and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/roxane-gay-520_pay-the-price_it-is-often-women-who-pay-the-price-for_1026885.png" --- > [“It is often women who pay the price for what men want.” The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/it-is-often-women-who-pay-the-price-for-what-men-want-the/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/roxane-gay-520_pay-the-price_it-is-often-women-who-pay-the-price-for_1026885.png) > [Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. Just do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/love-your-friends-kids-even-if-you-don-t-want-or-like-children-just/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/roxane-gay-520_children_love-your-friends-kids-even-if-you-don-t_468905.png) > [The past is always with you. Some people want to be protected from this truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/the-past-is-always-with-you-some-people-want-to-be-protected-from/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/roxane-gay-520_always-with-you_the-past-is-always-with-you-some-people_3108405.png) > [If I am ever in the spotlight, I want to look good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/if-i-am-ever-in-the-spotlight-i-want-to-look-good/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eda/roxane-gay-520_am_if-i-am-ever-in-the-spotlight-i-want-to_226447.png) > [I don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-don-t-want-the-success-to-go-away-i-don-t-want-it-to-seem-unearned/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/roxane-gay-520_going-away_i-don-t-want-the-success-to-go-away-i-do_445086.png) > [Want nothing but the best for your friends because when your friends are happy and successful, it's probably going to be easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/want-nothing-but-the-best-for-your-friends-because-when-your-friends/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/roxane-gay-520_be-happy_want-nothing-but-the-best-for-your-frien_642031.jpg) > [I don't want the whole of my writing or my intellectual energy given over to race because I have diverse interests.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-don-t-want-the-whole-of-my-writing-or-my-intellectual-energy-given/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa9/roxane-gay-520_because_i-don-t-want-the-whole-of-my-writing-or_341813.png) > [I would love for everyone to be a feminist, but I have to respect people's choices. If you don't want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-would-love-for-everyone-to-be-a-feminist-but-i-have-to-respect/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ba/roxane-gay-520_choices_i-would-love-for-everyone-to-be-a-femini_1707659.png) > [I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-write-for-myself-first-and-foremost-and-i-also-write-for-people/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/roxane-gay-520_firsts_i-write-for-myself-first-and-foremost-an_922995.png) > [If I were ever to grace the pages of 'Vogue,' I would want my image retouched because the audience is so vast.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/if-i-were-ever-to-grace-the-pages-of-vogue-i-would-want-my-image/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/roxane-gay-520_amount_if-i-were-ever-to-grace-the-pages-of-vog_2802190.png) > [I have a job I'm pretty good at. I am in charge of things. I am on committees. People respect me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-have-a-job-i-m-pretty-good-at-i-am-in-charge-of-things-i-am-on/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/roxane-gay-520_am_i-have-a-job-i-m-pretty-good-at-i-am-in_2109073.png) > [People don't want to think... I mean, they don't! They just want to say, 'Oh, okay, feminists are humorless man-haters,' and that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/people-don-t-want-to-think-i-mean-they-don-t-they-just-want-to-say-oh/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/roxane-gay-520_absolutely_people-don-t-want-to-think-i-mean-they-d_1885756.png) > [I cut an imposing figure. I am large, and I'm tall, and I have tattoos. I am actually really quiet and shy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-cut-an-imposing-figure-i-am-large-and-i-m-tall-and-i-have-tattoos-i/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/roxane-gay-520_actually_i-cut-an-imposing-figure-i-am-large-and_2360060.png) > [Don’t flirt, have sex, or engage in emotional affairs with your friends’ significant others. This shouldn’t need to be said, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/don-t-flirt-have-sex-or-engage-in-emotional-affairs-with-your-friends/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/roxane-gay-520_affair_don-t-flirt-have-sex-or-engage-in-emotio_1044285.png) > [I can consider not only great art, but the context in which that art has been created. I can consider the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-can-consider-not-only-great-art-but-the-context-in-which-that-art/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/roxane-gay-520_appreciate_i-can-consider-not-only-great-art-but-th_446284.png) > [That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/that-the-question-of-likability-even-exists-in-literary-conversations/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/489/roxane-gay-520_character_that-the-question-of-likability-even-exi_1533114.jpg) > [I want to take the time to think through how I feel and why I feel. I don't want to feign expertise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-want-to-take-the-time-to-think-through-how-i-feel-and-why-i-feel-i/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/roxane-gay-520_about_i-want-to-take-the-time-to-think-through_2549845.png) > [Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/feminism-is-a-choice-and-if-a-woman-does-not-want-to-be-a-feminist/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/roxane-gay-520_believe_feminism-is-a-choice-and-if-a-woman-does_712560.jpg) > [The other day, I saw a blog post where a woman wrote about why she was unfollowing me and that made me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/the-other-day-i-saw-a-blog-post-where-a-woman-wrote-about-why-she-was/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/roxane-gay-520_blogs_the-other-day-i-saw-a-blog-post-where-a_2569023.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Roxane Gay > [“Human endurance fascinates me, probably too much because more often than not, I think of life in terms of enduring instead of living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/human-endurance-fascinates-me-probably-too-much-because-more-often/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“Being useful was a balm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/being-useful-was-a-balm/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [No woman or man is any one thing and the men in my stories, well, some of them are good and some of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/no-woman-or-man-is-any-one-thing-and-the-men-in-my-stories-well-some/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I was a daydreamer and I resented being pulled out of my daydreams to deal with the business of living.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-was-a-daydreamer-and-i-resented-being-pulled-out-of-my-daydreams-to/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Feminism is, I hope, a way to a better future for everyone who inhabits this world. Feminism should not be something that needs a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/feminism-is-i-hope-a-way-to-a-better-future-for-everyone-who-inhabits/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/fiction-offers-escape-but-it-also-interrogates-the-world-we-live-in/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I've noticed while cooking, how ingredients in their individual and naked state and be a bit repulsive but necessary, kind of like people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-ve-noticed-while-cooking-how-ingredients-in-their-individual-and/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I shouted, “This is not right,” knowing my words were useless. There’s no room for such distinctions in a country where too many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-shouted-this-is-not-right-knowing-my-words-were-useless-there-s-no/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Most of my favorite tweets go completely ignored but most of my favorite tweets are probably really lame or inside jokes between me and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/most-of-my-favorite-tweets-go-completely-ignored-but-most-of-my/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“What about other women of color? For Hispanic and Latina women, Indian women, Middle Eastern women, Asian women, their absence in popular culture is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/what-about-other-women-of-color-for-hispanic-and-latina-women-indian/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [There has been, and there will continue to be, vigorous discussions about race in America. I worry that little will come of these discussions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/there-has-been-and-there-will-continue-to-be-vigorous-discussions/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/writing-at-its-best-and-truest-can-offer-solace-and-salvation-for/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“I knew I was in love with The Hunger Games when I did not want to get off the treadmill”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/i-knew-i-was-in-love-with-the-hunger-games-when-i-did-not-want-to-get/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“Just because you survive something does not mean you are strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/just-because-you-survive-something-does-not-mean-you-are-strong/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) > [“Celebrities understand the economy of thinness, and most of them are willing to participate in that economy, taking to social media, where they pose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/celebrities-understand-the-economy-of-thinness-and-most-of-them-are/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/roxane-gay/#itemlist", "name": "19 Want Quotes By Roxane Gay", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is often women who pay the price for what men want.” The”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Roxane Gay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/it-is-often-women-who-pay-the-price-for-what-men-want-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/roxane-gay-520_pay-the-price_it-is-often-women-who-pay-the-price-for_1026885.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/roxane-gay-520_pay-the-price_it-is-often-women-who-pay-the-price-for_1026885.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/roxane-gay-520_pay-the-price_it-is-often-women-who-pay-the-price-for_1026885.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is often women who pay the price for what men want.” The” — Roxane Gay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love your friends' kids, even if you don't want or like children. 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