I was telling some people in my dressing room some of my other stories, my psychotic break, and blah, blah, blah, and no, they kind of look at you and it's just not what they wanted to hear. Carrie Fisher More Quotes by Carrie Fisher More Quotes From Carrie Fisher I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction. Carrie Fisher addictionpainmind I rarely cry. I save my feelings up inside me like I have something more specific in mind for them. I am waiting for the exact perfect situationand then BOOM! I'll explode in a light show of feeling and emotion - a pinata stuffed with tender nuances and pent-up passions Carrie Fisher passionlightperfect Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back. Carrie Fisher behind-my-backgestaltlittles Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line. Carrie Fisher actresseslineslife Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy. Carrie Fisher purposespecialwork 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. Carrie Fisher difficult-situationssurvivorwant You're only as sick as your secrets. Either it comes out their way or my way. I talk about myself behind my back. And I'm funny about it. Carrie Fisher sicksecretway It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things. Otherwise, I don't know, I felt very lonely with some of the issues that I had or history that I had. And when I shared about it, I found that others had it, too. Carrie Fisher issueslonelypeople I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience. Carrie Fisher powerfulwritingsometimes I do believe you're only as sick as your secrets. Carrie Fisher sicksecretbelieve Until adolescence I thought I had the best mother in the world. Such a graceful mother. I had this fantasy that I was the wrong daughter. Carrie Fisher daughtermotherworld I've got to stop getting obsessed with human beings and fall in love with a chair. Chairs have everything human beings have to offer, and less, which is obviously what I need. Less emotional feedback, less warmth, less approval, less patience and less response. The less the merrier. Chairs it is. I must furnish my heart with feelings for furniture. Carrie Fisher falling-in-loveemotionalheart Mania starts off fun, not sleeping for days, keeping company with your brain, which has become a wonderful computer, showing 24 TV channels all about you. That goes horribly wrong after awhile. Carrie Fisher sleepdepressionfun My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension. Carrie Fisher threeworldthinking Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. Carrie Fisher negotiationeasy As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't. Carrie Fisher sarcasmfunnypeople Instant gratification takes too long. Carrie Fisher womensarcastichumor I love the idea of God, but it's not stylistically in keeping with the way I function. I would describe myself as an enthusiastic agnostic who would be happy to be shown that there is a God. I can see that people who believe in God are happier. ... But I doubt. Carrie Fisher religiousgodbelieve I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out. Carrie Fisher tidessometimestwo Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year? Carrie Fisher bipolarawardsyears
