Carrie Fisher Quotes
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People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.
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And when you're young you want to fit in. Hell, I still want to fit in with certain humans, but as you get older you get a little more discriminating.
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One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.
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You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.
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Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolesence.
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Drugs made me feel more normal.
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I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that more in the book, but my editor thought it was too crazy.
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There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."
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Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so I turned my anger inward and now it's depression, so in order to feel good again, what I should do is call him and express my anger.' It's like, if we can make it sound smart enough, we're allowed to do stupid things.
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I'd like to wear my old [cinnamon buns] hairstyle again - but with white hair. I think that would be funny.
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I still give my friends relationship advice, of course, and I'm not bad at it. 'Anyone's crisis but mine' is my motto.
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I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.
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The only one who didn't know was George Lucas. We kept it from him, because we wanted to see what his face looked like when it changed expression--and he fooled us even then. He got Industrial Light and Magic to change his facial expressions for him and THX sound to make the noise of a face-changing expression.
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There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.
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What doesn't kill men makes them stronger. What doesn't kill women makes men breakfast.
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Actually, social drug-taking went kind of low-key for a couple of years. Probably because of AIDS, people got very conscious of their health. But it seems to be making a comeback. Just the other night I was at a party where people kept disappearing into the bathroom every few minutes. I'm glad I did all that in my 20s and that I'm done with it. And that I wrote about it in Postcards from the Edge.
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I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!
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Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis.
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I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.
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My mom is a little bit eccentric. I mean, she does - she has a lot of unique ideas. For example, she thought that I should have a child with her last husband, Richard, because it would have nice eyes.
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You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?
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If you look at the person that someone chooses to have a relationship with, you'll see what they think of themselves.
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Never love for me, only obsession. Someone has to stand still for you to love them. My choices are always on the run.
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Finding the cutest guy in A.A. is like finding the cutest loony in the bin.