Quotes by Carrie Fisher

• Sometimes the hardest part of being true to yourself is facing the fear of judgment from others.
• I don't want to be thought of as a survivor because you have to continue getting involved in difficult situations to show off that particular gift, and I'm not interested in doing that anymore.
• The manic end of is a lot of fun.
• Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
• 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.
• 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'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic.
• Leia follows me like a vague smell.
• You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.
• Kevin Smith is a very challenging conversationalist and Jay has many great stories.
• Instant gratification takes too long.
• I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.
• I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.
• I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.
• I really love the internet. They say chat-rooms are the trailer park of the internet but I find it amazing.
• 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.
• I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.
• Drugs made me feel more normal.
• As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't.
• 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 spent a year in a 12-step program, really committed, because I could not believe what had happened - that I might have killed myself.
• Be the kind of person that brightens any room, not just occupy space in it.
• It's not about being perfect, it's about being real.
• Success is smashing your alarm clock and quitting anything worth quitting. Find new strengths even working on off selves.
• This too shall pass... It just might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass.
• Life is like a sandwich; no matter how thick you pile it on, the end is the same - it all goes down.