A biography for Thomas Keneallyhasn’t been written yet.
“So nonetheless given the importance that was placed on sport in Australia, I wanted to be part of that scene, particularly since I had felt very strongly in my early schooling being marginalised even in the Catholic school.”
“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.”
“And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt a duty to the church and my parents to become a priest.”
“And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind.”
“I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers.”
“I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did.”