Mary Gordon Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I could not write without my dog, Rhoda, a Lab-chow mix.”

“I love dancing; I adore salsa dancing and wish I could be in a Broadway chorus.”

“I would trade any writerly success if it would mean my children would be happy.”

“My favorite dish is bibimbap, which is composed of various vegetables, steamed and pickled, and meat toppings over a bed of rice.”

“My life is so much better than I thought it was going to be.”

“My weakness is 'American Idol.' My husband thinks it's ridiculous. But I am so inspired by those young people who are singing their guts out.”

“One should never be sexually involved with anyone one genuinely cares for. A sexual relationship guarantees a loss.”

“'Catholic writer' seems like you have an agenda of evangelization, as if you were somehow influenced in your choice of perspective by dogma or canon law. That has nothing to do with me. I don't have a lot in common with other 'Catholic' writers.”

“If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad, and to describe some fictional enterprises as false is pointless.”

“Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or take a public political stance. And I think more and more young women are claiming that they're not feminists - even though they are.”