“I apologize to T.R. [Knight], my colleagues, the fans of the show and especially the lesbian and gay community for using a word that is unacceptable in any context or circumstance. I marred what should have been a perfect night for everyone who works on Grey’s Anatomy. I can neither defend nor explain my behavior. I can also no longer deny to myself that there are issues I obviously need to examine within my own soul, and I’ve asked for help.”

“What’s gay rehab? … Is he watchin’ Queer Eye for the Straight Guy? Is Rosie givin’ him a good talkin’ to? Gay rehab, that sounds like traffic school. You should be able to do that online.”

“Fifteen years ago GLAAD attempted to get my column cut from the SF Weekly, calling it a hate crime on account of my fondness for the word ‘faggot.’ Now they’ve nominated me for their outstanding newspaper columnist award, which is great – it beats having to go on the radio with someone from GLAAD and defend my writing. But they nominated me as ‘Dan Savage (The New York Times).’ I’m not a columnist for The New York Times. Unless GLAAD has the inside scoop on an impending job offer, I doubt I’ll be a New York Times columnist by the time the awards are handed out.”