There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed. Carrie Fisher More Quotes by Carrie Fisher More Quotes From Carrie Fisher I don't like my face. I don't like to look at it. Carrie Fisher faces looks Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful. Carrie Fisher play wonderful character Generally someone will eventually tell you that you have to do something to help yourself. Carrie Fisher help-yourself helping I guess high verbal skills are highest in my list of necessary qualifications for a man - for anyone actually. I like to talk. And I don't necessarily move far, but I move fast. Carrie Fisher skills men moving I don't think 50-50 relationships exist. Men have an incredibly variety of options. It's much harder for a woman to do both things. I think traditional relationships work best. Carrie Fisher harder men thinking All my life I've been seeing things through the culture. My father, for instance, was the press's bad boy. People really hated him. He was always a big flirt. He was always in trouble - going bankrupt, whatever. Carrie Fisher flirting boys father I have tons of stuff that, you know, seems like it's a well-constructed sentence but it is not how people talk, it's how people write. So that's why I think it's sometimes easier for me to write for actors 'cause I know what's frustrating about, you know, sentences that come out just perfect. Well, who talks like that? And who of us don't overlap each other? Except on the radio, hopefully. Carrie Fisher writing people thinking Meg Ryan was nice [ in When Harry Met Sally] ... the writing was good ... but it was really kind of a boy's club, I mean, there was Bruno Kirby, Rob Reiner, Billy Crystal - talk about your testosterone trio! Carrie Fisher nice writing mean This actress named Lisa Eilbacher. I was up for the part in Shampoo and friends of mine kept telling me she was going around saying all these bad things about me. It's like we're still in the sixth grade sometimes. Carrie Fisher grades actresses sometimes I've never met a deadline I couldn't miss. I make sure my editors know this. Carrie Fisher mets editors missing I'm really grateful that I could write. But I don't even mind it going on around me. Carrie Fisher grateful mind writing I grew up knowing that I had the prettiest mother of anyone in my class. Carrie Fisher knowing mother class If you're manic-depressive and you're functioning in this world and doing it all well, I think, wow, you should be proud of being able to say, this is what I'm getting through right now. Carrie Fisher proud world thinking Actors may know how to act, but a lot of them don't know how to behave. Carrie Fisher behave actors may A lot of times, people think they're the only ones that feel a certain way. Carrie Fisher people way thinking I always felt the Jewish part more. In fact, growing up I felt like a Jew among WASPs. My brother is more decidedly Waspy. Carrie Fisher growing-up brother facts I guess I do carry a bit of male energy. It's like what I always say - two yangs don't make a right. Carrie Fisher yang energy two I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that more in the book, but my editor thought it was too crazy. Carrie Fisher crazy writing book If you look at the person that someone chooses to have a relationship with, you'll see what they think of themselves. Carrie Fisher persons looks thinking I would rather not watch myself in movies. I enjoy the experience, but I won't really see the film until they're on cable deep on into my life so I can pretend it's someone else at another time. Carrie Fisher enjoy film watches