But re-reading Voss also demonstrates again that although White wasn't 'a nice man', and indeed was—perhaps rightly—scathingly dismissive of my and other Australian writers' work and origins unless they were his friends, he was a genius, and Voss one of… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back. — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
“She yawns for men and not with her mouth. She weeps for men and not with her eyes. She drinks men down, she is… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
“If Frau Rasch, in the last and fullest days of her husband’s power in Brno, had idly—during a party, say; a musical recital at… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
Um, what I found though about the Christian Brothers is this: that they were certainly muscular. — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
“He [Rabbi Menasha Levartov] was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
“Paradox is beloved of novelists. The despised savior, the humane whore, the selfish man suddenly munificent, the wise fool, and the cowardly hero. Most… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
“We humbly beg your kind applause,” murmured Mary Brenham, with a creative frown that reminded Ralph of Betsey Alicia and made him sharply aware… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
“In the mind of a true snob there are certain limited criteria to denote the value of human existence. Jimmie's criteria were: home, hearth,… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share
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 Copy Share
