Quotes By Carrie Fisher

I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital.

Drugs made me feel more normal.

Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard.

People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George.

If anything, my mother taught me how to sur-thrive. That's my word for it.

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

Leia follows me like a vague smell.

Instant gratification takes too long.

Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity.

So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought he was trying to get out of treating me. But he was also responding to the chaotic nature of my life.

Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and write in memoir form.

I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like.

I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.

Kevin Smith is a very challenging conversationalist and Jay has many great stories.

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.