“So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a de...” — Thomas Keneally Quote

“So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart.”

“In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back.”

“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.”

“Foxhole conversions are legitimate. Most of them in the Bible happened that way. When everything you've ever wanted is happening, you're not inclined to reassess your priorities or to examine your spiritual values. When it all falls apart, it makes you take more than an ordinary look.”

“It's a comforting thought to know that I've got my partner by my side walking through life and all the ups and the downs. I know we can handle it. There's nothing too big or too crazy that's going to tear us apart.”

“The theatre always seems to be in trouble but always thriving. It's deeply comical to me that we agonize about our crap football teams and indifferent Test sides when in front of our noses is a great world success story that no one's interested in apart from those who work in it.”