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

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.

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.

So, I need to reacquaint myself with this sort of celebrity person I seem to be. Someone who was in an iconic, blockbuster film called Star Wars.

instant gratification takes too long." Anyway,

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.

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

I don't know about understood. I think that unless you are forced to understand - unless it is an issue of yours - you wouldn't bother to.

Karl Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the masses."
Carrie Fisher: "I did masses of opiates religiously.

I don't just want you to like me, I want to be one of the most joy-inducing human beings that you've ever encountered.

I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.

I was barely old enough to vote but I could easily enlist in the army, and I enlisted into the army of him.

Kevin Smith is a very challenging conversationalist and Jay has many great stories.

I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.

Recently I learned this amazing thing. If you become addicted to pain killers, it can go very, very wrong for you. Who knew?

If anything, my mother taught me how to sur-thrive. That's my word for it.

The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.

As we all know, there is no underwear in space.

My favorite films are ones that have my lines in it, and I like those lines. And I like to hear them.

You're not really famous until youre a Pez dispenser.

Not that writing on my notepads managed to actually empty my mind - though some would argue - but I was grateful to relieve the overflow.

I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.

I'm in denial in its lesser state. It will take me a second. People around me will notice my mania first. And, my depression.

It's not nice being inside my head. It's a nice place to visit but I don't want to live in here. It's too crowded; too many traps and pitfalls.

I was into pain reduction and mind expansion, but what I've ended up with is pain expansion and mind reduction.

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

Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports ...

I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

My extroversion is a way of managing my introversion.

Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.

You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously.

You can't find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well.

I had to comport myself with something approaching dignity, at twenty.

Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back.

I thought I was only seeing half the man But that was all there was to you You

I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.

I have been Princess Leia exclusively. It's been a part of my life for 40 years.

I want someone to love and treasure and overwhelm.

Maybe no man is an island, but some sure look like one.

Because what can you do with people that like you, except, of course, inevitably disappoint them?

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

My mom had the breakdown for the family, and I went into therapy for all of us.

You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.

Writing is a very calming thing for me.

My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras.

...I thought you had to go to Iraq to get post traumatic stress disorder. And you do. But you can also just come on over to my house!

I'm sorry it's not Mark - it could've been. It should've been. It might've meant something. Maybe not much, but certainly more.

I've got to learn something from my mistakes instead of establishing a new record to break.

Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and write in memoir form.

I don't want to be a victim.

It was a year that, like all years, a lot of things happened in.

Never let 'em see you ache"; that's what Mr. Mayer always said. Or was it ass; "Never let 'em see your ass"?

Take your broken heart, make it into art.

I signed my likeness away. Every time I look in the mirror, I have to send Lucas a couple of bucks.

I'd like to wear my old [cinnamon buns] hairstyle again - but with white hair,

I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.

What's the riddle? Me talking so much And saying so little

And when you're young you want to fit in. Hell, I still want to fit in with certain humans, but as you get older you get a little more discriminating.

Waiting, done at really high speeds, will frequently look like something else.

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright.

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.

Take a risk, take a prize.

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish.

From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?

And not that it matters, but my mother is not a lesbian! She's just a really, really bad heterosexual.

The only thing worse than being hurt is everyone knowing that you're hurt.

BOTH HANDS, ONE HEART, TWO MOODS, AND A HEAD

He's far from a fool, nowhere near. I'm quite near. I can feel the fool that's so far away from him breathing down my neck.

I could charm the birds out of everyone's trees but his

Well, when the Enquirer becomes your standard for living, you're in a lot of trouble! When

In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train.

...about a year after that, I was invited to go to a mental hospital. And, you know, you don't want to be rude, so you go.

Your innermost urges will tell you what strategy to employ to accomplish your special purpose while doing the work you enjoy.

Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California.

I'll never be known for my work with boundaries.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor ... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

Baby, the fact that you know that's funny is going to save your whole life.

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to BE art.

I'm fond of kissing. It's part of my job. God sent me down to kiss a lot of people.

Sid said that drugs weren't the problem, life was the problem. Drugs were the solution.

Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world.

You're only as sick as your secrets. Either it comes out their way or my way. I talk about myself behind my back. And I'm funny about it.

My life is like a lone, forgotten Q-Tip in the second-to-last drawer.

Do not let what you think they think of you make you stop and question everything you are.

Here's what I've learned: that someone can change the course of history with a box cutter.

Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.

To make him important in one's life requires an overactive imagination. Unfortunately, mine never knows when to quit.

Good anecdote
bad reality.

The manic end of is a lot of fun.

Drugs made me feel more normal.

I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like to play with that.

I don't know how anyone can drink alcohol, just based on the taste.

Leia follows me like a vague smell.

Immediate gratification takes too long.

But vows seemed ridiculous -- it was hard enough to keep appointments.

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

Unfortunately, it hurts all three of my feelings.

If talking were aerobic, I'd be the thinnest person in the world.

Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis.

Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard.