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I was honestly a Catholic.

Growing up in a New Jersey suburb, my Catholic faith was an important part of my young life, shaping the way I approached the world.

I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.

The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and sacrifice and utilised me as a martyr; the Church established by law transformed me into an unbeliever and an antagonist.

I was raised Catholic.

Being a Catholic is the most important aspect of my life.

I'd given up Catholicism in my teens but something of it stays with me. I try to create the perfect sentence - that's as close to godliness as I can get.

I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school.

I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism.