Thomas Keneally : (3) " 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. " - 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 " 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