I don't have any great first job tales: I've never worked on a tramp steamer or in a coal mine or anything like that. I think the inspiration for my writing came largely from my father and the joy that life in books represented to me. Mary Gordon bookcoalfather share on social
I could not write without my dog, Rhoda, a Lab-chow mix. Mary Gordon chowdoglab Change image and share on social
In my early life, I was a professional folk singer. I used to sing on the national television and radio in Canada. Nobody knows that - but now I've said it, haven't I? I'm strictly a shower singer at the minute. Mary Gordon canadaearlyfolk share on social
I wasn't thinking about my pension plan until about two years ago. When I was in my twenties, the idea that you'd be thinking of taking a job based on its health-care policy was completely foreign. But these days young people are thinking about these things. Mary Gordon agobasecare share on social
It was actually a women's writing group I belonged to in graduate school that gave me the courage to move from poetry to fiction. Mary Gordon belongcouragefiction Change image and share on social
'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. Mary Gordon agendumcanoncatholic share on social
Waiting is the great vocation of the dispossessed. Mary Gordon dispossessgreatvocation Change image and share on social
I believe that if your primary motivation in life is to be moral, you don't become an artist. Mary Gordon artistlifemoral Change image and share on social
We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does. Mary Gordon deservehappiness Change image and share on social
My life is so much better than I thought it was going to be. Mary Gordon lifethink Change image and share on social
