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

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There are very few women from my mother's generation who worked like that, who just kept a career going all her life and raised children and had horrible relationships and lost all her money and got it back again.

careers mother children

Actually, social drug-taking went kind of low-key for a couple of years. Probably because of AIDS, people got very conscious of their health. But it seems to be making a comeback. Just the other night I was at a party where people kept disappearing into the bathroom every few minutes. I'm glad I did all that in my 20s and that I'm done with it. And that I wrote about it in Postcards from the Edge.

party couple night

I mean, for years [my father] would been doing everything imaginable ... from speed to downers to you name it. I used to call that "changing seats on the Titanic," and I used to say that I myself was not only changing seats on the Titanic but dating the crew.

mean father years

I guess, as they say, I never acquired a taste for [caviar]. by Carrie Fisher

I guess, as they say, I never acquired a taste for [caviar].

caviar taste

I have a girlfriend who talks like that all the time. Who constantly complain about their periods and plumbing and stuff.

girlfriend complaining stuff

I don't do acid anymore, so I travel instead. by Carrie Fisher

I don't do acid anymore, so I travel instead.

acid

I have a second dog, too, mainly for security. by Carrie Fisher

I have a second dog, too, mainly for security.

security dog

I like that - the "you-ish" character. by Carrie Fisher

I like that - the "you-ish" character.

character

My mother is an immensely powerful woman. by Carrie Fisher

My mother is an immensely powerful woman.

powerful-women powerful mother

A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written ab... by Carrie Fisher

A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.

written knows people

I like having written better than I like having acted. by Carrie Fisher

I like having written better than I like having acted.

written

[When Harry Met Sally] was fine, but it was a job. And I did it r... by Carrie Fisher

[When Harry Met Sally] was fine, but it was a job. And I did it right after The 'Burbs.

fine mets jobs

I am not going to put my daughter under any sort of stresses. by Carrie Fisher

I am not going to put my daughter under any sort of stresses.

my-daughter stress daughter

Come to think of [a handsome young carpenter], Harrison Ford used... by Carrie Fisher

Come to think of [a handsome young carpenter], Harrison Ford used to be a carpenter.

handsome young thinking

You have to constantly arrange yourself around them, and that can take up a lot of energy. I mean, you don't go, "Why don't you cook dinner tonight, dear, for a change, instead of writing a great song?" I loved what [Paul Simon] did with words. But I wanted to do some more of that, too.

writing song mean

My favorite one to see is the metal bikini on men. by Carrie Fisher

My favorite one to see is the metal bikini on men.

bikinis my-favorite men

Tom Hanks was really great [the 'Burbs']. The director, Joe Dante, was wonderful. We filmed it here during the summer, every day at Universal. Even the food was good - I mean it was junk but it was really good. The whole thing was like some ideal summer-school experience. It may not have been the best movie ever, but it was certainly the most fun.

summer fun school

You can't really accurately diagnose someone, I think. Or I've be... by Carrie Fisher

You can't really accurately diagnose someone, I think. Or I've been told that.

thinking

There are women in makeup and hair and wardrobe, but not in camera, not in sound, you know, and not in special effects. It's all men.

makeup hair men

I wanted to be, you know, just no different than anybody else. by Carrie Fisher

I wanted to be, you know, just no different than anybody else.

be-you different wanted