Carrie Fisher

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience. ”

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

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 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 anymore. ”

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. ”

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. ”

The manic end of is a lot of fun. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”