If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable. Carrie Fisher More Quotes by Carrie Fisher More Quotes From Carrie Fisher 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 passion light perfect 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-back gestalt littles Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line. Carrie Fisher actresses lines life Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy. Carrie Fisher purpose special work 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-situations survivor want 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 sick secret way 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 issues lonely people 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 powerful writing sometimes I do believe you're only as sick as your secrets. Carrie Fisher sick secret believe 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 daughter mother world 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-love emotional heart 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 sleep depression fun 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 three world thinking Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. Carrie Fisher negotiation easy As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't. Carrie Fisher sarcasm funny people Instant gratification takes too long. Carrie Fisher women sarcastic humor 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 religious god believe 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 tides sometimes two 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 bipolar awards years My father just got out of the Betty Ford Clinic. He's in his 60s, and this was the first time he ever did anything like that. Carrie Fisher first-time father firsts
