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" No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic. "
Carrie Fisher
Much
Loss
Like
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" All of us are looking for an outside ordeal that will internally change us. "
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" 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
Reading
Writing
Know
" I'm fine, but I'm bipolar. I'm on seven medications, and I take medication three times a day. This constantly puts me in touch with the illness I have. I'm never quite allowed to be free of that for a day. It's like being a diabetic. "
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Never
Three
Touch
" 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
Writing
Words
Experience
" I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you. "
Carrie Fisher
I Am
You
Say
" I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.' "
Carrie Fisher
Rain
Famous
Father
" I'm very sane about how crazy I am. "
Carrie Fisher
I Am
Sane
How
" He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable. "
Carrie Fisher
Mad
Him
Guy
" If you claim something, you can own it. "
Carrie Fisher
You
Something
Claim
" People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach. "
Carrie Fisher
Birds
Beach
See
" If my life wasn't funny, it would just be true, and that's unacceptable. "
Carrie Fisher
True
Be True
My Life
" I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness. "
Carrie Fisher
Think
Christmas
Good
" People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George. "
Carrie Fisher
Star
Yes
Going
" I am a very discreet human when it comes to other people. "
Carrie Fisher
Human
Other
Am
" What I've realized recently is that the difference between me and Mickey Mouse is, there's not a man that can go and say, 'Look, can you get me in any faster? I'm Mickey Mouse.' Whereas I can go in and say, 'Look, could you get me a table faster? I'm Princess Leia.' "
Carrie Fisher
Man
Say
Princess
" There were days I could barely struggle into a size 46 or 48, months of larges and XXLs, and endless rounds of leggings with the elastic at the waist stretched to its limit and beyond - topped with the fashion equivalent of a tea cozy. And always black, because I was in mourning for my slimmer self. "
Carrie Fisher
Self
Struggle
Tea
" I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital. "
Carrie Fisher
Lead
Will
Most
" Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity. "
Carrie Fisher
Because
Mistakes
Drag
" Some of my memories will never return. They are lost - along with the crippling feeling of defeat and hopelessness. Not a tremendous price to pay. "
Carrie Fisher
Feeling
Defeat
Lost
" I outlasted my problems. "
Carrie Fisher
Problems
" I trust myself. I trust my instincts. I know what I'm gonna do, what I can do, what I can't do. I've been through a lot, and I could go through more, but I hope I don't have to. But if I did, I'd be able to do it. I'm not going to enjoy dying, but there's not much prep for that. "
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Myself
Dying
Know
" I went to a doctor and told him I felt normal on acid, that I was a light bulb in a world of moths. That is what the manic state is like. "
Carrie Fisher
Light
Doctor
World
" Instant gratification takes too long. "
Carrie Fisher
Long
Too
Instant
" You get to choose what monsters you want to slay. I'm sorry to say this again, but let's face it - the Force is with you. "
Carrie Fisher
Sorry
Face
Choose