I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God`s work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable.
He came to the States in 1963, I think with a view to making up with my mother, but that didn`t work. He came for three weeks, and drank his way all over Brooklyn. And went back... I went to his funeral in Belfast.
First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.
And, of course, they`ve always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you might do something natural.
I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God`s work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable.
