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Carrie Fisher Quotes

The manic end of is a lot of fun.

– Carrie Fisher

I watched my parents’ fame diminish – as I was getting more conscious, their celebrity was going back down the mountain.

– Carrie Fisher

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

– Carrie Fisher

I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.

– Carrie Fisher

What I always wanna tell young people now: Pay attention. This isn’t gonna happen again. Rather than try to understand it as it’s going along, have it go along for a while and then understand it.

– Carrie Fisher

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.

– Carrie Fisher

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

– Carrie Fisher

I found out when I did the Oprah Winfrey show that there was a cookie jar of me. So she gave it to me. I had no idea prior to that that it even existed.

– Carrie Fisher

I like performing. I like partnering with an audience.

– Carrie Fisher

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

– Carrie Fisher

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.

– Carrie Fisher

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

– Carrie Fisher

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.

– Carrie Fisher

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

– Carrie Fisher

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.

– Carrie Fisher

I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.

– Carrie Fisher

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.

– Carrie Fisher

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

– Carrie Fisher

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