Carrie Fisher Quotes
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My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.
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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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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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I'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me.
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The message about sex and relationships that she had gotten as a child... was confused, contradictory. Sex was for men, and marriage, like lifeboats, was for women and children.
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He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable.
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Here's how men think. Sex, work - and those are reversible, depending on age - sex, work, food, sports and lastly, begrudgingly, relationships. And here's how women think. Relationships, relationships, relationships, work, sex, shopping, weight, food.
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I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.
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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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It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things.
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I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no! Manifested. Look at this. Now we have to buy clothes and everything.
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I like birds and dogs. I'm allergic to cats.
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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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My mother is an extraordinary woman, extraordinary.
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Of course I miss [drugs]. And anyone who tells you they don't is lying.
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Tom Hanks was really great [the 'Burbs']. The director, Joe Dante, was wonderful. We filmed it here during the summer, every day at Universal. Even the food was good - I mean it was junk but it was really good. The whole thing was like some ideal summer-school experience. It may not have been the best movie ever, but it was certainly the most fun.
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[My grandparents] were from Texas. El Paso. White trash.
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Generally someone will eventually tell you that you have to do something to help yourself.
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I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.
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I was born imagining myself with an apron on, with pies cooling on the window sill and babies crying upstairs. I thought that all that stuff would somehow anchor me to the planet, that it was the weight I needed to keep from just flying off into space.
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My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.
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Come to think of [a handsome young carpenter], Harrison Ford used to be a carpenter.
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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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Guys are great before you know who they are,' said Lucy. 'They're great when you're still with who they might be.