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Peter Billingsley Quotes

When I first heard 'A Christmas Story, the musical,' I thought, Oh, that could be really good. It just felt like it fit. Some films lend themselves well to other formats, some don't, but there are so many fantasy sequences in the film, and Ralphie's such a dreamer as a character, I thought they could really lend themselves to being set pieces.

Peter Billingsley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: April 16, 1971

Topics

Good Character Story Thought Dreamer

I try to think of the social function of fiction as drawing the individual toward larger social and political questions. But I'm also very comfortable in saying that my novel - any novel - doesn't matter as much as larger questions of how we can see justice done.

Justice Saying Think Political Done

No single housing finance institution should be too big to fail.

Finance Single Housing Fail Big Too

My dream was, start young, take hormones, live as a woman, try and become as passable as possible, bury your past, change your friends. Now I've realised that I don't have to be ashamed of my past.

Change Live Woman Past Start Dream

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

War Poverty Never Maybe

Prince was outside his dressing room, shaking one of those little Easter egg maracas. His hair was straightened to a soft wave; his eyelashes were unfairly lovely. He smelled like the most expensive shelf in the Sephora perfume aisle. This man wearing eyeliner, heels and ladies' perfume somehow managed to be more masculine than the burly bodyguard.

Man Hair Wave Egg Perfume Outside

Well, the responsibility for maintaining a reliable transmission grid is one that's shared by an awful lot of players who have a role in the grid: Companies that either generate and transmit energy or just play the role of being the transmission systems or monitoring them.

Spencer Abraham

Responsibility Energy Play Reliable

Coaches can teach you two things: confidence and technique.

Confidence You Teach Two Things

I think we need to care about the metrics of success in life, and I'm a pretty competitive person.

Chelsea Clinton

Life Success Think Care Person Need

I think TV is a fantastic medium right now because of what you can do visually. It's phenomenal, and it's just getting better and better, but in a way, there's no beating the personal image you can create in your head, with those personal aspects, which you can only get from reading or radio dramas.

Reading Think Better Getting Better

I'm not really into the numbers game of, like, what position our record is. But you find out at the end, you know? You're like 'Oh, all right! That's good!' We had a Number Three record. That's crazy! What's that about? That's exciting to me! I think that's good.

Good Me Crazy Game Think End

I've gotten stopped for reckless eyeballing, for staring too hard. These officers think they're Tarzan and this is a jungle, that all the animals need to be tamed.

Think Jungle Animals Need Staring

I went to Goucher College in Maryland for the best possible reasons - to learn - but then I dropped out at 19 for the best possible reasons - to become a writer.

Best College Learn Become Possible

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