And I think my s*xuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins. — Thomas Keneally
And so um, I knew that I really didn’t want to be a priest and didn’t want to be a celibate — Thomas Keneally
And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind. — Thomas Keneally
I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because — Thomas Keneally
But in practice australia – the pluralism of australia – sorry the sectarianism to an — Thomas Keneally
But I was also a brat. I used to belong to a gang that went looking for fights with other gangs. — Thomas Keneally
Australia integrated the – brought on the ships and unleashed in the society the dogs of sectarianism — Thomas Keneally
And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those — Thomas Keneally
You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and — Thomas Keneally
Um, what I found though about the christian brothers is this: that they were certainly muscular. — Thomas Keneally
So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in australia, I wanted to be — Thomas Keneally
So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last — Thomas Keneally
My brother arrived some months after my father left. Um, and he ah, was thus eight years — Thomas Keneally
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for — Thomas Keneally
The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back. — Thomas Keneally