Quotes from Carrie Fisher

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.

Baby, the fact that you know that's funny is going to save your whole life.

You needn't ever make mountains out of molehills again. You have misjudged yourself. You are not who you think you are.

Well, when the Enquirer becomes your standard for living, you're in a lot of trouble! When

I'm sorry it's not Mark - it could've been. It should've been. It might've meant something. Maybe not much, but certainly more

Screw beauty, it's superficial anyway, and my other attributes matter way more than my appearance.

if what this person told me were true, then I didn't have to actually be comfortable all the time.

It seemed to calm me, getting anything that might be chaotic behind the eyes onto the page in front of me where it could do me less harm. Along the lines of the saying, "Better out than in," though that refers to vomit. Maybe more like, "Better an empty house than an unhappy tenant." Not that writing on my notepads managed to actually empty my mind—though some would argue—but I was grateful to relieve the overflow.

But the main thing I've learned, I learned all by myself, no help needed. I learned not to get my tongue pierced. Because if you're getting it pierced for the reason why I think you're getting it pierced and you're not good at that thing to begin with, no little piece of jewelry is going to save the day.

I had in no way intended to risk my life. I just wanted to turn the sound down and smooth all of my sharp corners.

Here's what he said: People adapt to you. Don't worry, you can't be what they think of ou to any degree, and by the same token what they think of you can't alter you.

The man sitting alone so silent and strong So what if you're attracted for all the wrong reasons So what if your reasoning's wrong Call his indifference mystery Call his arrogance intellect All you've got to lose is your heart And a little self-respect. If you've got arrogance and indifference You can make them pay They're the most commercial product On the romantic market today.

When I was initially approached about going to Comic-Con, the giant comic book convention, I said, 'I wouldn't be caught dead at one of those has-been roundups." But, as it turns out, I've been caught alive at those roundups often enough to wish I was dead.

Actually, he told me later that I had turned him gay . . . by taking codeine again. And I said, "You know, I never read that warning on the label." I thought it said heavy machinery, not homosexuality—turns out I could have been driving those tractors all along! Turning

I don't believe people are across-the-board confident. If they are . . . well, they've misjudged the situation where there's an arrogant result. Mostly people have those few things they do well and hope those things make up for the other shit.

Some of the more sought-after signers are, in no particular order, presidents, military heroes, sports icons, actors, singers, artists, religious and social leaders, scientists, astronauts, authors, and Kardashians.

I thought for a moment, searching for a funny reply. What to say? Make him laugh! Make him like me! Oh, please make him like me! Then everything will be fine or thereabouts. But no punch lines came to deliver that body blow that would reignite the blaze of his smile. What a jerk I was. I've always been a jerk and always will be. He hates me now and thinks I'm boring and stupid.

metaphor be with you!—

I had endless issues with my appearance in Star Wars. Real ones - not ones you bring up so people think you're humble because you secretly find yourself adorable. What I saw in the mirror is not apparently what many teenage boys saw.

I knew my name. So I let him know I knew it. 'Yeah,' I said in a voice very like mine. Mine but hollow, mine but it didn't matter because my stomach had swung into action.

Shooting speed for thirteen years can really put a crimp in whatever career you might otherwise be attempting to sustain—ask around.

I make a great memory

How they treat you is not necessarily who you are.

Youth and beauty are not accomplishments, they're the temporary happy by-products of time and/or DNA. Don't hold your breath for either