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" 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

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" 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. "

" I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm very sane about how crazy I am. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity. "

" People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach. "

" He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" No, as it turns out, I really like being congratulated on my weight loss. I like it so much, it's tragic. "

Carrie Fisher

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" I outlasted my problems. "

Carrie Fisher

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" All of us are looking for an outside ordeal that will internally change us. "

Carrie Fisher

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" If my life wasn't funny, it would just be true, and that's unacceptable. "

" 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. "

" If you claim something, you can own it. "