Carrie Fisher

"That’s at least in part why I ingested chemical waste—it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read. I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I took more—simple as that."

- Carrie Fisher

"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."

- Carrie Fisher

"I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another."

- Carrie Fisher

"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."

- Carrie Fisher

"I don’t think Christmas is necessarily about things. It’s about being good to one another."

- Carrie Fisher

"“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.”"

- Carrie Fisher

"Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell."

- Carrie Fisher

"Sometimes you can only find heaven by slowly backing away from hell."

- Carrie Fisher

"Sometimes, you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell."

- Carrie Fisher

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher

"One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you’re living with this illness and functioning at all, it’s something to be proud of, not ashamed of. They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication."

- Carrie Fisher

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it, and eventually, the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher

""Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow.""

- Carrie Fisher

"One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of. They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication."

- Carrie Fisher

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What's important is the action. You don't have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher

"Take your broken heart, make it into art."

- Carrie Fisher

"Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren't so challenging."

- Carrie Fisher

"Going through challenging things can teach you a lot, and they also make you appreciate the times that aren’t so challenging."

- Carrie Fisher

""There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.""

- Carrie Fisher

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it, and the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher

"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."

- Carrie Fisher

"Instant gratification takes too long."

- Carrie Fisher

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

- Carrie Fisher

"Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it, and eventually, the confidence will follow."

- Carrie Fisher