You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift. Carrie Fisher More Quotes by Carrie Fisher More Quotes From Carrie Fisher I always wrote. I wrote from when I was 12. That was therapeutic for me in those days. I wrote things to get them out of feeling them, and onto paper. So writing in a way saved me, kept me company. I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. Carrie Fisher falling-in-love reading book I think of my body as a side effect of my mind. Like a thought I had once that manifested itself-- Oops! Oh no! Manifested. Look at this. Now we have to buy clothes and everything. Carrie Fisher clothes mind thinking You're not famous until you're a Pez dispenser. Carrie Fisher pez I like the community of acting better than the prison of writing. I like sets. Carrie Fisher community acting writing As we all know, there is no underwear in space. Carrie Fisher underwear space knows One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me. Carrie Fisher magic shapes gone You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well I took masses of opiates religiously. Carrie Fisher opiates wells mass I will usually be in denial about that, too, because I really don't like that. Sometimes I will recognize it and sometimes someone will say, "are you okay?" And then you think, "Oh, maybe I'm not." Carrie Fisher denial sometimes thinking Sid said that drugs weren't the problem, life was the problem. Drugs were the solution. Carrie Fisher sids drug problem I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital. Carrie Fisher imbalance chemicals states I still give my friends relationship advice, of course, and I'm not bad at it. 'Anyone's crisis but mine' is my motto. Carrie Fisher motto advice giving 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. Carrie Fisher might believe years My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them. Carrie Fisher my-favorite lines film Actually,I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavoir Carrie Fisher muster i-can thinking He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable. Carrie Fisher adorable mad father We live in America,' he said. 'Everyone who speaks English understands you. How they interpret you is something else. Carrie Fisher speak-english speak america No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic. Carrie Fisher tragic weight loss I feel so agitated all the time, like a hamster in search of a wheel. Carrie Fisher hamsters wheels feels Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And LA is the 'What party?' capital of the world. Carrie Fisher party two world Everything grows rounder and wider and weirder, and I sit here in the middle of it all and wonder who in the world you will turn out to be. Carrie Fisher pregnancy baby love
