Carrie Fisher, the outspoken actress who shot to prominence as a teenager when she played Princess Leia in “Star Wars,” and chronicled her colorful life in a series of books, suffered a heart attack Friday at age 60. Here are some of her most memorable real-life lines:
“Sometimes I think all I want to find is a mean guy and make him be nice to me. Or maybe a nice guy who’s a little bit mean to me. But they’re usually too nice too soon or too mean too long” — “Wishful Drinking”
“Youth and beauty are not accomplishments, they’re the temporary happy by-products of time and/or DNA. Don’t hold your breath for either.” — Twitter
“I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.” — “Postcards from the Edge”
“Debbie [her mother, Debbie Reynolds] remains the girl-next-door, whereas I live somewhere down the street.” — TV Times interview
“It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend.” — “The Princess Diarist,” talking about her affair with “Star Wars” co-star Harrison Ford
“Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything … I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?” — “Wishful Drinking”
“I’m an expert & ABSOLUTELY” — Twitter, accusing Donald Trump of cocaine sniffles during a presidential debate
“Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.” — “Postcards from the Edge”
“‘Look,’ he said, ‘I don’t think we should continue this discussion. I don’t like this side of you.’ ‘I’m not a box,’ she said ‘I don’t have sides. This is it. One side fits all. This is it.’” — “Postcards from the Edge”
“Happy is one of the many things I’m likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime. But I think if you have the expectation that you’re going to be happy throughout your life — more to the point, if you have a need to be comfortable all the time — well, among other things, you have the makings of a classic drug addict or alcoholic.” — “Wishful Drinking”
“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.” — “Wishful Drinking”
