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 contractcraftfolly Change image and share on social
And I liked pluralist Australia. I got a taste for pluralist Australia. I like, I like Australians and I can't believe that they're going to go to hell because they tell a good dirty joke, you know. Thomas Keneally australiaaustraliandirty Change image and share on social
But in practice Australia - the pluralism of Australia - sorry the sectarianism to an extent stopped at the time you took your uniform off after coming home from school. Thomas Keneally australiacomeextent Change image and share on social
And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins. Thomas Keneally churchdesignheavily Change image and share on social
So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy. Thomas Keneally asthmafrequentlymedicine Change image and share on social
In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back. Thomas Keneally australiabackcatholicism Change image and share on social
And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s. Thomas Keneally 1950schurchdramatic Change image and share on social
Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael. Thomas Keneally knowmichaelmick Change image and share on social
You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the word being made flesh I suppose, which again I suppose came from my temperament as well as my upbringing. Thomas Keneally eccentricfleshkid Change image and share on social
My brother arrived some months after my father left. Um, and he ah, was thus eight years younger than me and it was um, you know, it was such a time that my mother probably had people wondering was it his. Thomas Keneally arrivebrotherfather share on social
