Carrie Fisher

“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 have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out.”

“My parents had this incredibly vital relationship with an audience, like muscle with blood. This was the main competition I had for my parents' attention: an audience.”

“There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'”

“Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.”

“Over time, I've paid attention, taken notes and forgotten easily half of everything I've gone through.”

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

“Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen.”

“I overheard people saying, 'She thinks she's so great because she's Debbie Reynolds' daughter!' And I didn't like it; it made me different from other people, and I wanted to be the same.”

“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 was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.”

“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 i...”

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

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

“I don't want to be thought of as a survivor because you have to continue getting involved in difficult situations to show off that particular gift, and I'm not interested in doing that anymo...”

“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 have been in 'Star Wars' since I was 20.”

“I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.”

“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.”

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