And so um, I knew that I really didn't want to be a priest and didn't want to be a celibate, though I could probably manage it. Um, and um, ultimately I left.
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Nationality: Australian Type: Novelist Born: October 7, 1935 |
I am one of those who would rather sink with faith than swim without it.
When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, 'Boy, even I couldn't do that.'

