Instant Gratification Takes Too Long
By admin • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: News, WelcomeWelcome to the new Carrie Fisher Website.
Carrie is scheduled to present her hit one woman show Wishful Drinking for a limited run on the grand stage of Broadway at the Roundabout theater’s Studio 54. The opening of the show is October 4th and will run into the new year.
Wishful Drinking has been well received at Studio 54 and what a great place to be. Take a look at what Ben Brantley w/ The NY Times Theater review had to say.
http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/theater/reviews/05brantley.html
Kind regards,
Engineer of Elsewheres
hi carrie.. don’t know if you remember your two years with us at the “sunset house” while my shit-ass uncle and your mom were building greenway. we used to play a game called “chocolate ears” just to get away from the dining room table. just you , todd, and some really spanking maniiac nanny. i can’t remember her name. dolly???? sometimes your mom would join us for dinner and make my mom (sarah karl pollack) hold hands and say “grace”… i thought my mom would just shit!!! i have some beautiful black and white candid shots of you and your mom that i would love for you to have. i think it was one of the rare moments where debbie was in complete and beautiful mom mode. your mother was very good to my grandmother and my mom (sarah karl pollack who passed last year) always reminded me that in addition to debbie being sooooooo funny (my god she used to crack us up by imitating stars , presidents, you name it. i think it was at this time that she was trying learning the banjo for “unsinkable” hope you can remember. i was always so jealous as my mom and bill corrigan (who i was sure was going to marry me even if he was gay as a goose!) told my mom what talent you had. oh gpd i just died…………..and john ingle hated me so bhhs acting never much happened for me.
let me know if you have any interest in the photos. they are gorgeous and i have no use and would love to give them to you! just finished your book (loved it… actually laugjhed outloud) btw the house on stevens rd was ours too and we used to play dress up in debbies closet cuz all her shoes fit us!!!!. and i know a lil secret about the mj you found….nope not mine but i can tell you exactly who;-) you and i didn’t talk much in your short time at bhhs as you probably hated harry as much as i did and associated me with him. please know he ruined our family fotune too. but your descriptives….. perffffff. you are a very clever and talented woman and i would love to hear from you, send you the pics, etc. btw i also have two daughters 23 and 24 .they grew up in the bay area. do you remember when your mom got married at our house. i have a funny story to tell you about that day!
i really hope to hear from you. lynn pollack-avenson
Dear Lynn,
I dimly remember chocolate ears, but I’m afraid, what with the onslaught of years and electroshock treatment, most vivid recollections are barred to me now. I remember the name Pollack and you were almost right about our nanny’s name—-but it wasn’t Dolly, it was ‘Dottie’……Dottie Wolfe. (who completely lived up to her name—-the last contact I had from her was from a retirement home in Florida, where she felt compelled to send me a less than positive review of the movie, “Postcards from the Edge”………..
And saying grace at the table before meals? I think I remember a bit of that. Was it, “God is great, God is good, Thank you for this food, Amen”? (my grandfather’s version of prayer before meals was, “Dear Lord, Help us jump in!”
I’d love to hear your version of my mother’s source of marijuana and see the pictures that you have no use for. Did you post your email? My friend Garret is passing some of the more compelling posts as they trickle in………(not to say that ALL the posts are compelling—-there’s just different degrees. And my ability to respond to some or all of them depend on how much actual work I’m attempting to accomplish in the interim. Not to mention real life intruding on my daily internet interaction…..
Don’t be a stranger—–be two or three if you can!
oxoxoxcff
Carrie – my son age 13 has bipolar and I need to know more about the surgery you had to stop the bipolar. Thank you.
Carrie,
I just wanted to write a short note to you. I just bought your new book and I am really looking forward to reading it.
Like you I am bi polar so I can relate to a lot that you have gone through. In my humble opinion I believe that Lucas
was wrong to suggest that you needed to lose weight and not be able to wear a bra. This strkies me as being insensitive to you as a woman and as an actor. None of which was ever your fault! Dont ever think otherwise.
Carrie, in my humble opinion, I think that you are beautiful, inside and out and if you ever doubt that, Im not far away.
Bart Stavisky
Carrie,
I just finished your book and I loved it! You have a singular wit. Regarding your marriage proposal,
if youre looking for a hopeless romantic who isnt a fan boy, look me up. Im not proposing but
what kind of diamond would you like? LOL!
Warmest Regards,
Bart
Carrie, you’re my hero! Wow, you definitely have to write another book! I definitely have to read “Postcards from the Edge” now! Has Meryl Streep called you to say she’s read “Wishful Drinking”?
I love the title! My husband loves to fish, and I bought a hat that says “Fishful Thinking”!
I didn’t drink, but I was molested, so when I got older I went to AA meetings just to get help! Because just about everyone in AA was also molested too (prob. why they drank). Peace & Blessings, Kristin
Oh, and you’ll have to come to CT to see my farm–1500 Lavender in bloom May -October! That would be Blissful Blooming! Peace, Blessings, Grace, Love & Light, K.
Hi Carrie:
Thoroughly enjoyed all your books, especially the last “Wishful Drinking”. I have a few friends who are bi-polar and bought the book for them to read. You are truly a work of art!
Keep the faith, whatever yours may be.
Respectfully,
Pamela
Hi Carrie,
Loved your films and I thought they were great. The Star Wars Trilogy was my favorite.
It is hard to find good movies like that with good quality and class. I would like to get newsletters if you could.
Your the best actress of all time. Your movies proves that. Great job and thank you.
Take care,
Bill
Carrie,
Bwahahaha! Hilarious. That’s what WISHFUL DRINKING was. I just finished it yesterday when I stayed home sick and was on cold meds. (Ironic, eh?) I’ve read your first three novels and enjoyed them; however, WISHFUL DRINKING really captured your wit and sarcasm (the same reasons I fell in love with your character Marie in “When Harry Met Sally…”). I was immediately drawn to WISHFUL DRINKING in a bookstore by the cover featuring Princess Leia’s highly recognizable bun hairdo (hairdon’t?), facedown, with a martini glass in her hand. It was the perfect cover! I knew right then and there I had to have the book. So I paid full price for the hardcover, which I never do. $25? Yeesh. But it’s you, so…
My favorite stories of yours were of growing up with your parents and enduring their escapades. I would have LOVED to have read much more of these stories (and see more photos!) from this period of your life. Everyone (and by everyone, I mean celebrities) has stories and memoirs about their life with drugs, but not everyone was born to the can’t-keep-his-p*nis-in-his-pants Eddie Fisher and the over-the-top-but-loving Debbie Reynolds. I also loved the “behind the scenes” takes on Star Wars and other films. Let’s hear more about those in a future memoir, including any “When Harry Met Sally…” details! It’s my favorite movie of all time and I’d love to hear more. (Oh, by the way, I LOVED “Under the Rainbow” as a kid…and to this day still look for it to come out on DVD.)
Your memoir was short (too short!) and a quick read (too quick!), but now it makes me want to get THE BEST AWFUL off my bookshelf and finally read it. (Sorry I haven’t yet!)
Hugs,
Eric
Hey Carrie
It is great to see you out and about again, u are a true icon, any possibility of coming to Canada on tour, would love to see your show, the book is brilliant !!!
Dear Carrie Fisher,
Thanks for your great book, “Wishful Drinking”. It came in the mail yesterday and I read it in one evening–I could not put it down.
I hate to admit this but I never saw Star Wars until a week ago, I think it was #3 of #3, and now my husband’s ordered the whole series just for me, and your other books… Whenever I heard you on the radio or on a TV talk show in the past few years, I thought you were hysterical and I just loved you.
My older sister shot herself in a pretty Seattle park one day, far enough away from her automobile so she wouldn’t make a mess. She was the smartest one in the family, and she drove us all nuts half the time. Of course the rest of the family only knew sub-consciously that she was being sexually molested by my father for her entire childhood. She was not easy to be around much of the time. I have had trouble with relationships and addictions, as well. The point is–I wish she had read your book. I wish she was still here.
Your book gave me some insight into my sister and myself. Thank you.
– Joy
Carrie,
I am reading your book in one sitting! You are a great writer and I hope you keep them coming.
J
I hope you were able to read my personal comment to you a couple of weeks ago… Thank you for sharing a part of you with all of us.
Stephen
I love your writing and would be proud to present you to our audience if you are ever in the midwest. You could add a second gig to your upcoming reading calendar…David
Dear Carrie Fisher,
My name is Bill Biss and really just wanted to say that Postcards From the Edge is one of those films that never fails to amaze me with the wit and realism and warmth of the writing along, of course, with the phenomenal cast. I admire your ability to bring the humor out in the most difficult life scenarios.
As someone who back in 1982 was dealing with being labeled manic-depressive yet never could get over the total blankness that the medication took hold over me…I really respect your ability to deal with what life hands you and come away with so much creative and amazing talent. Oh and why did Mary Wickes always use a tissue in at least one scene in almost every film she made? None the less, just starting a blog…I guess. Much respect, Bill
Carrie,
I concur with Eric that the cover of Wishful Drinking is perfect. A piece of advice: Talk to your brother more often and listen to what he has to say. And if you ever need a new Republican friend, look me up.
Blessings,
David
As a fellow published author of 4 books, http://members.authorsguild.net/skelley/
I wanted to tell you;
1) I loved your book and I loved the photos
2) There is a typo on page 102, fifth line from the bottom ” Don’t worry, becaue
3) you gave me a great insight into bipolar disorders which I appreciated as my son (age 39) has been diagnosed as that as well as with PTSD.
4) Having survived the worst marriage in history (to Jane Curtin’s violent, bipolar brother) I ended up on “Oprah” as “Relationship Expert” for my second book, “Why Men Commit.” Only in America!
5) In my last relationship book, “The Second Time Around,” I used the same line you have on page 94 regarding remarriage; “triumph of hope over experience.”
6) If you answered this e-mail, you would make my life. I have a completed novel that I really wanted to sell for a movie and only two people could play one of the main characters–you or Bette Midler. I could send you a synopsis, it has a great title.
Thanks for writing Wishful Drinking. Susan Curtin Kelley
ps The English are bigger drinkers than the Irish.
Love the book, it made me laugh out loud. however, its so distressing to see sad editing errors repeatedly in books these days. for instance, here Liza Minnelli is misspelled.
I guess I am the same as you guys – wanting something, in a way, as I keep coming back to see if she’s responded to my dipshit blithering… Well guess what. I’m leaving this Carrie Fisher addiction. And by the way – I don’t think she will accept lovers from this board, or get your book published… but what do I know (about Carrie Fisher)????
Dear Joy, (and what an amazing name for you to have given your life experience) Wow. Your sister shot herself far away enough from the car so it didn’t make a mess?. Jesus. And I thought Greg dying in bed with me was bad. That you have been able to survive an experience like that (actually, not LIKE that, THAT!) and are still whole enough to be married and be able to read and type emails and God knows what else——-you are an inspiration to anyone who thinks they have difficulties and can’t make it. For those of us who have gone through things this challenging, I will say to you what my priest friend in San Francisco said to me. No matter what else you go thru in your life, it’ll have a hard time topping this. (or bottoming this) Actually, that’s not what he said. One day I told him that I was dreading going to a therapy session with my daughter and that I thought it was going to be really hard. And he said, “You’ve done hard before.” (I think I wrote about this in my book) So I say to you………having survived your sister’s suicide and family difficulties, there’s really nothing you can’t do. You’re a kind of superwoman. Because, as he said to me, “You’ve done hard before.” So I say to you……….”You’ve done impossible before.” If you can survive that, nothing can defeat you.
Thank you for your email and your inspiration……….
oxxoxoxooxcff
Carrie, I responded to you privately but here I just want to say, HERE is proof positive that I am rather moody and perhaps manic depressive/bi-polar not to mention self-effacing. To all you people out there, let’s get to Carrie Fisher’s shows because she is a BABE and so wonderful and she’s teaching us all a lot by being HONEST with her life. I love Carrie Fisher. And there is a difference between being addicted, and just loving.
Dear Carrie,
I love your writing. It has been a gift to my funnybone and my sobriety.
Thank you.
Cathe
hello carrie how are you?
the new web site is fantastic
Carrie,
I tore through Wishful Drinking in one sitting with a smile on my face the entire time. It’s great that it came out at a time where I could give a copy of it to all my girlfriends and gays for Christmas. Your writing is a joy.
Cheers.
Carrie,
I loved Wishful Drinking – you are the best. I ended up with the audiobook and people gave me the strangest looks from busting out laughing. Thank you for such a wonderful gift.
Stacey D
Thank you so much for “Wishful Drinking”!! I blew through it in a Chuck E Cheese while my kids played oblivious of me laughing my head off. After growing up with a manic depressive alcoholic (they do go together, don’t they?) father who liked to use us as punching bags, I read with tears in my eyes (and some envy) at the amazing parent you grew up to be. What a blessing to Billie, and to us, you have been. Thanks! For being open, honest and hilarious at what was not hilarious at the time. My siblings and I too tell funny stories of our childhood now, because I agree, if it wasn’t funny, it would just be true. THANKS!!
hello…i am alberto , i am from Costa Rica….here no wishful drinking, poscards from the ege, or anything, i love Carrie and her mother….but i need to have those books, all of them, i dont know what to do…….to have them…please sed them to Costa Rica please….
Dear Carrie
I loved your books and movies, and am a huge fan. I, too had a Mom that was not the status quo for the 50’s and early 60’s. She was a dancer (she would say exotic, everyone else would say stripper). Your discription of the transformation your Mom underwent cracked me up, cuz i used to watch my Mom get ready every night, too…she wore full body makeup, false eyelashes, hairpieces…the works.
In the 7th grade i lived in a boarding school in a convent outside of Portland Oregon. On weekends when Mom was in town i would stay with her at the Sovereign Hotel on Broadway downtown. After she would go out at night, i would dress up in her costumes, makeup, jewelry etc and go out on the fire escape and “vamp”. In those days teens used to cruise that street all night on Fri and Sat night. Anyhow, the reason i share this is because i could so totally relate to your story.
I also am in recovery…and luckily very happily married to a fisherman in alaska. Despite my Mom’s seven marriages i got really lucky with my Dad and husband. Through NO wisdom of my own (or hers).
I wonder if i am bi polar. I have never been able to sleep at night like regular people do. People at work have asked about my “mood swings” i thought it was just having three teenagers at home combined with too much coffee with too little sleep.
Wanna come to Alaska and go hiking?
Best wishes
gina peru friccero
Dear Carrie – just finished your book. Now I understand the person behind the trusting open face you have. Some people go through life not noticing much but people like us notice so much and because of this knowledge are aware of all it’s nuances.
This February 15th it is the 37th anniversary of our 2 year old son’s passing. Little Gary died of a chest tumor. I still remember so much of his short life and now rejoice all he brought to us.
After his death, I volunteered at an orphanage and later fostered dozens of kids in two states. I became a better person because of his short life.
I heard about the snide remark about your weight. I, too, have “weight issues”. I tell people, “you wouldn’t expect a chihuahua and a St. Bernard to weigh the same, why should we ?
Have always loved your Mom (her impersonations of Zsa Zsa, etc). Also, when she fell a couple of years ago on stage, she was a riot. Now I understand her a lot more.
You are so much fun when you are interviewed. A real wit.
My husband and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas March 8. We will take in your Mom’s casino.
God Bless you and your family.
With great affection, Judy
Hi Carrie,
I just finished Wishful Drinking. It was great, you are smart and funny, and your ability to laugh at your circumstances is uncanny, which, I guess, is better than canny.
One of my favorite roles of yours is from Amazon Women on the Moon. You were awefully good in that space trilogy too.
Back in the ‘late 70’s I had a friend named Donna who looked an awefully lot like you. For a while she dated Randy, a very tall fellow with a long mane of hair and a beard. This is really true.
So you are one cool chick, and now want to read all your books. Bye!
Dave
Hola Carrie,
Read your latest book and loved it. I could easily relate to alot of stuff in there. Don’t be too self-critical though there’s plenty of people out there who would willingly do that job for free! Jokes aside I think you’ve got alot of creativity and fire. I’m in your corner for all that’s worth ;P. Keep doing your thing your awesome no joke!
right, this is it ! here`s my chance ! carrie will you marry me ???? lol
hope thigs are good.x
Dear Carrie,
Just wanted to say thanks for all of your work over the years. The first movie I’d seen in a theater was Star Wars, the first I’d memorized from beginning to end, The Blues Brothers *the beta tape that was on broke due to overplay*, first movie I’d seen in a drive-in theater, Under the Rainbow, yeah that last one is a mystery to me too, but I have vivid and fond memories of them all and of you, so again I say thank you.
About a year ago I had the pleasure of meeting your mother when she was performing at a Casino in Vegas, I worked security there at the time and had an interesting conversation. Mrs. Renolds thought, someone of my age group wouldn’t recognize who she is, it was fun to be able to tell her Singin’ in the Rain was fantastic, even though I’m not a fan of musicals, I have many memories of watching that with my grandmother.
I just started listening to Wishful Drinking on Audio, I love audible.com, wish you had more unabridged titles there. Keep doing what you are doing, you have fans who appreciate your work above and beyond the “dress” in Return of the Jedi, although I can’t deny the greatness of that by any means.
Take care and be well,
Pete
Thanks for the read, and that was very inciteful ; very helpful post! Add me guys, please keep me updated.
Dear Carrie,
I am from Australia, but please don’t hold that against me! Thank you so much for the opportunity of sharing your life with us. I remember reading an article in a Star Wars magazine celebrating 25 years of Star Wars. In it were interviews with various other cast members, but the one that I remember fondly the most was the interview you gave. At the time I was reading the article while I was on the bus going home from another boring days’ work and laughing so hard at the many honest and truthful responses you gave, that I was getting strange looks from the other passengers.
Ever since that moment, I have checked bookstores constantly (call it wishful thinking!) that one day a biography of Carrie Fisher would appear on the shelves. Now that dream has become a reality. I look forward to going to the bookstore tomorrow to purchase a copy of your latest telling.
I haven’t been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but I have been suffering from depression for the past five years, which has been a struggle. That is something I have not shared with many people, but it’s something I wanted to share with you. It can make you stronger when you realise you aren’t the only person in the world suffereing from a mental disorder. That’s what the doctors calll it anyway – I call it personality!
Anyway I have loved you since I first saw you on the big screen back in 1977, and I believe you are just as beautiful a woman now as what you were all those years ago.
I look forward to you coming to Brisbane, Australia one day.
My warmest thoughts and wishes,
Garth.
Dear Ms.Fisher
I am a 22 yr old male student in Texas, studying Addiction Counseling, as I myself am in the “dual diagnosis’” category, and Psychology. As I have been recently struck with anxiety induced insomnia I have spent my time researching any and everything from war’s, to Freud(!), and apparently my absent father’s love of biographies as well as his taste for Valium’s and the like( gotta love genetic’s). Anyway, to make a long story not as long, I recently re-watched ‘Postcard’s’, and read it followed by ‘Wishful Drinking’, having an aunt that took her life due to the ‘Dual diagnosis’ affliction, it really help’s a person (me), who while might suffer from the same affliction(’s), get a different perspective and better understand the reason’s and drive behind the mind of another similar person(you), and that has helped me understand another’s logic(my Aunt). While of course the comparison is apple’s and orange’s but does allow some much-NEEDED insight. You know it’s funny that in the midst of addiction, anxiety, and depression we feel so alone,and HATE IT only to leave rehab and want to be alone. Thank you very much Ms.Fisher,
You truly seem to be one of-a-kind,
Stephen
Ms.Fisher,
I am sorry to take up two spaces, but I have been told by my mother that I should begin to write out my 10 year habit/disease/depress,I don’t care for money, just wanna get it down. I ask you, what is the one(or any) thing as a writer that you could advise me to do or not do, to get the ball ‘a rolling.
Sorry to post twice,
Stephen
Bonjour Carrie je vous laisse ce mail pour vous dire que vous etes une actrice magifique. Surtout dans Star Wars.
Moi je suis passionné de music je joue de la guitare
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Swann
Hi Carrie
I just wanted to say you are my Idol
My name is Rachael, im 19 years old, and I think you are the most inspirational and funny actress in this crazy place we earth. You are an amazing talent, I loved you in 30 rocks Rosemarys baby, and of course, starwars.
When I first read that you suffered from bipolar disease, I got really interested in the subject and decided to look into it a little further. I am a student taking recreation and leisure, and I have done countless projects on the subject of Bipolar disorders. Everytime i did I would always turn to your story for inspiration.
You are an amazing person carrie, I wish you all of the best luck in the world, and I hope to read more amazing books from you. The best awful is one of my favourites, and Wishful drinking is truly a page turner. =)
Thans for being there.
Love Rachael
I was reading in the STAR WARS INSIDER that you asked George Lucas for a copy of the 1978 Holiday special. for recording commentary on several STAR WARS DVD’s and you said he didn’t provide you a copy. I’m not sure how or where I obtained a very high quality VHS tape of it several years ago. It has the quality picture (in standard def of course) of tapes you could by from the major studios. I was very surprised at how fine the transfer was. Someone had acess to a master tape to record this version. Question. Do you still want a copy? I can make you a high quality DVD from my VHS tape. Are you interested? I know this technically isn’t legal but since George won’t release it would that bother you? There is a book that comes wiith a CD that has you siniging a song from the speciaL. Please let me know either way.
Joe
Carrie or Ms. Fisher,
You’re killing me smalls! I’ m not even halfway through your new book and I’m laughing my head off. If you talk like you write, you and I would have some great convo’s. I am in the middle of writing a book and I don’t know what the heck I’m doing, I’m just writing. I am going for it and I already have an agent. My favorite color is clear, meaning- I’m transparent. I love your transparency! Yes, I’m not alone in that department.
Donna Carver
Carrie, your book (The Best Awful) made me laugh out loud and get a little humor out of being diagnosed bipolar. I haven’t gotten Wishful Drinking yet but it’s on the list! Thank you for giving me a little something to laugh and feel better about when I am so damned frustrated with meds and moods!
Dear Carrie,
Because I crave books, I couldn’t wait to read “Wishful Drinking.” Unfortunately, it taught me something and I hate it when that happens. The message: I don’t know if anybody in the world understands her fans better than you.
The book describes a life of celebrity in delicious detail. I’d never ask for an autograph. The books and movies you’ve done are all I’ll ever need, I figured. But a fan letter…that’s different. I’ve wanted to write one for 30 years, but regular mail seemed like a message in a bottle. Now we have e-mail, which is as private as a postcard and conveys almost as much warmth.
The letters would’ve looked like this:
In 1978, when I’m age 21: You’re a Totally Hot Babe (sorry for the anachronism)
After “Postcards”: You’re a Totally Hot Babe and hey, you can write.
In the 90’s: You’re A Totally Hot Babe and you can really write. Please write some more!
After AA, BPD, and ECT: Please be well, Miss Fisher. And when you feel better, please write some more books!
Because it’s really all about my needs, of course.
So how do I spread the word about your excellent writing? Well, having been identified by my factory worker friends as “a reader”, I usually have to refer to movies. Who reads books? That’s why they’re asking me! So, for Larry Mc Murtry:
“Seen ‘The Last Picture Show’?” “Um..I think so…”
“Seen ‘Terms of Endearment’?” “Who was in that?”
“Seen ‘Lonseome Dove’?” “Oh, yeah. I’m not into Westerns, though.”
I don’t even mention “Brokeback Mountain”, not because it’s a screenplay, but because no two guys in our circle can grab a Coleman stove and go hunting without certain jokes that won’t seem to die down and they’re sick of them.
So you can see the punchline from a mile away, right? “You mean Princess Leia can write good books?”
“She writes damn good books!”
Thank you for letting us show we care and staying with us. I think you’re funnier than Dorothy Parker.
Kevin Lee
New Castle, IN
P.S. You’re a Totally Hot Babe. Be well and please write more books!
Dear Carrie,
I’ve read and thoroughly enjoyed “Wishful Drinking”. Considering your writing prowess, George L. would have done well to have you rework the screenplays for his prequels; Whizzbang SFX don’t make up for weak plot and characterization…
Wishing all the best for you and yours,
Mark J.
Gaithersburg, MD
Hi, Carrie or Mz Fisher. I did not know your WEB site has a Blog. I Mailed all four letters based upon , book, Wishful Drinking,…alone. And would have included the Blog response letter contents if I had known. So,… One regular size ,white, forever stamps 3, TMI letter in Post Office Mail, February,27, 2009. Note: Responses #40, Joe Volmert, Feb., 21, 2009,… the offer of a Illegal DVD for you. In my opinion,say no. Copyright is the basis of your Income as an Author and Actress. Respect Yourself,… Say No. Detail is,… in Post Office letter. Thank You. Michael.
Hi Carrie,
I picked up your book last week because I thought it would be entertaining and honest, and it was. Last night I started it and finished it in one sitting, staying up way too late. You are so talented, and I wish you the best in all respects, health, family, career and that elusive state called “happiness.” Please keep writing, growing and sharing.
Best wishes,
Michelle
ESTE CLASICO DE LA GUERRA DE LAS GALAXIAS, FUE UNA PELICULA SUPER BESTIAL, LA SEGUNDA PARTE DE HACE POCO TIEMPO ERA UNA MIERDECETA EN COMPARACION CON LA DE LOS 80, NUNCA LA IGUALARAN QUE OS LO DIGO YO.
Thanks for the sharing. My daughter is bi-polar and is denial. Your description of the effects describe her to a t. Your book helped me be patience with the swings. Prayer peace jr
Hi, Carrie or Mz Fisher;… or as also known, Miss ” Desperado”. . My Parent`s Divorce in my 10th Grade delayed Graduation. There is a woman whom was Class of 1976 from Lincoln High School , Portland, Oregon, as I was. She is; Based upon the Reunion Booklet statement and address a writer in Hollywood or Beverly Hills. 2006 was 30th year Reunion , but crisis ;… Denied me that. So, Months later,… I wrote of my life of the last 30 years. Two 9 by 12 envelopes each;… Choose a few Classmates from the list, and Mailed it all. I never recieved back a word. Not even a E- Mail. All;… simply vanished. The more I create,… the less I exist. When an Actor/ Actress seeks to create someone they follow inward internal sense that there is something/ someone,… else,… ! Until discovered it is mystery, or self unknown as yet. Awaiting is Artist and it is whom they are. Sometimes it is actual subconscious , but once integration to open consciousness is complete so is Artist as ones self. This is why I seek Wilderness. But not to seek a Stage as I am not a Actor/Author/ Singer. I am only that knowing myself is finding peace for myself. Outside of that I am only a worthless wanderer that does no longer exist. If I am to say good- bye I send my best: The first rule of Divorce or being a child of Divorce. Even so;… Once I existed.
Hi Ms. Fisher,
It was a good time. Today my son looks “The star wars” a I drift back to these fine years and think of you and I must smile. Oh how I loved you.
I only wanna say “Thank you”.
Its for the years of my youth I dreamed of Leia
Thank you for all these dreams.
Christian
I LOVE YOUU
COME ABOUT TO THE BRAZIL
I think you mixed up Bipolar I with Bipolar II in “wishful drinking.” Bipolar I is the type with paranoia and psychosis while II is primarily hypomania…PS Loved your book and hope that you can stay on a stable track and help others with mood disorders.
you looked more sexy in the stars wars moive
YOUR BOOK COME TO THE Brazil
Really enjoyed your book Wishful Drinking. Now I’m going to have to buy the others. Hope you never stop writing and wish to blazes I had your talent.
Dear Carrie,
After all my years of reading, my favorite quote of all time is, “Instant gratification takes too long.” Nothing could ever top that one! FYI though, those of us who are NOT products of Hollywood inbreeding can be every bit as crazy .. we just have smaller audiences!! You crack me up .. thank you for that.
donna
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
I needed to scream…………..
sign……phew……
temporary relief….
xxxxxx
Carrie,
I just finished Wishful Drinking and loved it.
I bought it last week at Borders, and I have to admit that it was the jacket cover of seeing Leia smashed got me to buy the book!:)
You have a great sense of humor, and I enjoyed every minute of it. (Even the dead guy in your bed!)
To answer your question in Chapter 10, yes, marry the guy that wrote you. Why? If for no other reason, it will make great reading for “Wishful Drinking 2: The Sequel Strikes Back!”
Now I have a question for you. (Fair is fair right?)
In the STAR WARS movies who was better in the kissing scenes? Mark or Harrison?
Take Care and again the book was a great read!:)
Dear Carrie,
First time I have ever written to a celebrity. I bought the book today and I found that I had to read it through in one sitting. My father had several “nervous breakdowns” and underwent shock treatment when I was a boy and through my teens. My dad was and still is my hero although he passed away nearly 16 years ago. My oldest of six suffers manic depression and I just wish she could snap out of it. I am a bit older than you (56) and unluckily for you I am taken, but I am happy for you to be a friend via Facebook and you will find me as Robert Gordon Cockerell located in Australia.
Regards
Robert
P.S.
I forgot to tell you just how much I admire your mother for her tremendous work ethic .
Two guys steal my money ? Well, I’ll just go out and make more !
What a woman !
And yes, when I met her here in December, she was indeed ” Debbie Reynolds ” and just almost too beautiful to believe.
Annie and I toured with Betty Grable in Hello Dolly when Betty was in her fifties and I have never seen a more beautiful woman !
Gotta hand it to these old Hollywood broads.
God love em .
Jefferooney
Hello Carrie, I loved your latest book. I laughed out loud and am recommending it to all my children. (The two i bore. . LOL and the three that wish i had!) It is a must read in my opinion. We live in Wisconsin, (abandonded here by true love, i know, sad AND true, and someday i’ll get back out west) and we would love to see perform your book. Are there any plans to come here for a show?
Dear princess:
when i was a child you were the princess of my dreams. i am spanish and i would like to hold once in my life. Sometimes when i saw you in the film and nowadays i consider whay the time goes by and i do not understand. i would like to have born before and met u but life is life. I pray for u to be very happy when i go to the church. thank u very much. i do not read your book yet but i will. please write to me something, will u?
Hi Carrie,
I was going to start out by saying “Way, way down…in a hemisphere far, far away….”…but that would sound too corny. I’ll just say g’day from Oz.
I’ve followed a bit of your life over the years – loved your acting, but was saddened to hear about your diagnosis with bi-polar disorder.
I’m actually very surprised (but pleased) to see that you do reply to (some) messages on this site, rather than it being run by a ‘fan’ and their messages sent to you by snail mail. To be honest, the last time I thought about writing to you was when I was about 11 after seeing the first Star Wars movie
Ummm…a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then.
I must admit that I have never read any of your books. I’ll probably look out for them now that I know you have written some. I’ve got to say that it’s really strange for me to be posting messages on an open site like this. I’m more used to speaking to people in person, over the phone or by email. I dare say you’ll have access to see my email address so if you want to write and find a great friend then don’t hesitate.
I’ve known a few people (first and second-hand) that have suffered from depression and/or bi-polar disease. I can very much understand how bi-polar can be very hard to live with. Gee…I’ve heaps of questions that I’d like to ask you but I’ve a feeling that they might land on deaf ears.
Anyhow, I’m sending out a big cyber-hug for you and hope that you can be strong in dealing with your condition. Just remember…the real you is not what you are trying to get back…..the real you is who you are…this instant. I hope more people understand that and take you for who you are…warts and all
Patrick
Carrie,
There is God and one day I hope to tell you how and why I know this……..
Hi Carrie,
I just saw your show in Seattle last night and really enjoyed it. I, too, am an alcoholic with about 3 years of sobriety under my belt. It has not been, as you know, and easy journey but certainly a worthwhile one.
At the show when you asked for a male volunteer I almost stood up, but that old fear popped up and I didn’t say anything. You picked a gentleman from the front row and the hilarity continued! So of course I’ve been beating myself up for not being braver…until I remember that everyday I stay sober and live my life to the fullest I am being brave!
So thank you for your wonderful show…I’ll be getting the book today!
Thank you for your humor,
Jim
Very excited to be attending the show tonight with my wife. Welcome to Seattle…no it’s not always this sunny in April.
Carrie,
I just read your book and think you and I are two versions of the same person. It’s really bizarre even without the unfortunate little problem we share. Here are a few examples. I’m celebrity related by marriage, my ex of whom I do not speak his name, is a musician with a few hit records to his name, and so was yours (only a much better one with more hit records). You and I married these former husbands at the same age. My mom lives across the street and yours lives next door. I have one child who is an 18 year old boy. My ex somehow knows your brother-can’t remember how exactly.. There were quite a few celebs he knew and a few I knew-only by marriage of course. Cary Grant, yes the Cary Grant also played a part in my life yet was never a friend, but I know his daughter Jennifer Grant (don’t tell her I know who she is as she took great pains to avoid letting anyone know). We took a group therapy class together as Pepperdine, and I figured it out on my own,but never let on. As a consequence I know her well as she does me, which is pretty well and yet quite weird. I too have never been in awe of celebrities, but coming from WV I should have been. Though I would have been tongue tied meeting Cary Grant too. I also write and prefer comedy, though it’s mostly a hobby. We’re very close in age. We share the same sense of humor and if I were to write my memoirs (gee that sound pretentious) your book is the one I would write; well except it would be about me and not you. Well, those of some of the weird things I noticed we have in common. We also battle this monster in our brains and I admire you so very much for speaking out and doing it with humor. We can’t beat the monster but we can win our battles. DOA like you say-not an option. I see you’ll be in Seattle and I hope I can make the show. Thank you Carrie. The book has been great therapy while I am undergoing a med change!
Marcia Miller
Oh, I just have to share this with you about my mother’s reaction to my reading her parts of your book yesterday. First, being as sharp as I am, I noticed that she wasn’t laughing. I kept going in hopes that she might get it. See, I was a little bit worried that your book was, in fact, not funny and I was a raving lunatic for laughing so hard. Nope. I finally said, ” You gotta find some of this stuff funny. How about all the Debbie, Eddie, Liz stuff that was such a part of your generation? We’ve had some good laughs about that before.” (now I remember the laughs were at Liz’s expense with an occasional remark about that scumbag Eddie).
She replies, “I just don’t think those things about Debbie are true. She has to be making it up to try to be funny.” Huh?, I’m thinking. “Debbie was the sweet, pretty mom with the babies and Eddie-well everybody hated Eddie.” Then she confessed, “I just don’t want to think of Debbie Reynolds like that…buying vibrators for Christmas, wants her daughter to have her husband’s baby. I want to think of her-” I finished the sentence. ” You want the movie star fantasy of the 1950’s that everybody believed.” “Yeah”, she says to me with a disappointed look. I think my mom would have loved to have been a “Debbie” from that era. In fact, I think she came closer to the hype than your mom did.Yep, my mom was the young, cute, sweet doting mother who had a movie star handsome husband and her precious little girl. She lucked out because my dad had all the markings of a lousy husband-but he turned out to be the best catch ever. Unfortunately, mom is a little bit delusional and always has been in regard to the fact that the world is not as portrayed in old movies.
Hate to ask, and as stated in my first post, I’m not impressed with celebrity save for Cary Grant who is now dead so that doesn’t count; but would you let me know you read these? It’s one of those times where I’m on the rocky road again and it was so groovy that I found someone out there who is like me, not just shares my illness, but is like me.
Just asking, won’t bug you about it, not trying to be your new BFF, and I promise I’m not a stalker either.
Marcia Miller
i meant read my posts, not read the posts on the site in general
Marcia
I’m watching Return of the Jedi right now and just looked on-line to see what you’re doing now. Of course, I loved you in The Burbs with Tom Hanks almost as much as Jedi.
I’ll have to check out your book. Of course, if I find a typo or en editing mistake I’ll keep it to myself.
It’s funny, I read a lot of the Star Wars books to keep up with my nephews. They’re easy to read because it’s so easy to visualize you and Harrison Ford, as well as Mark.
Thanks for the great movies! I look forward to reading your book.
Chad
Dear Carrie,
I just saw your show “Wishful Driking” in Seattle. I LOVED it, I didn’t want it to end!
I had the pleasure of attending the night your mother was in the audience and we got to sing Happy Birthday to her.
As my husband and I were heading back to our car, I said to him that I felt a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. I have struggled with bi-polar disorder for many years and always had such shame and guilt (about the depression part, I like the mania part). Because of your brutal honesty, insight, wit and laughter, it just lifted the guilt and shame I’ve carried for so long.
Thank you for being so open and telling your story. I appreciate the way you are able to shine the light of humor on a dark subject, and in a way, legitimize it. You have helped me take one more step toward heeling and I just wanted to express my gratitude.
Sincerely,
Kristin Perry
Hi Carrie,
Just read your book in a couple of hours. It was very funny, and sad in some parts, but a enjoyable read. I remember seeing your mother on an early morning talk show here in Australia. What a class act!
Will you be coming out to Australia any time soon? There are a lot of people here who would love to see you in the flesh, and hear your show.
Regards
Tracy
PS. Don’t go on the same talk show as your mum. One of the presenters favourte movies is that boring Sound of Music. I haven’t watch it all the way through yet, I keep falling asleep!
what? i love the sound of music it’s such a classic. i used to watch it all the time when i was little.
Thanks for the wonderful book-its weird how much humor comes from pain.
Carrie–
Saw “Wishful Drinking” last night in Seattle. Blew me away. Loved it for all the right and some of the “not-so-wrong” reasons. Wished I’d had the guts to speak up (from the balcony, no less) when you’d asked who else had received a “personal” invitation to a psychiatric ward. Loved it that a few did. You’re an inspiration for so many reasons. I had hoped (like many) to meet you and get an autograph—but understand the reasons for not.
Thanks for being you and for all that you do to entertain, educate and enlighten.
There’s only one Carrie Fisher and she’s pretty damn special!
Carrie, I saw your show in Seattle and you were wonderful. I’m a bipolar shrink (how trippy is that?). I feel bad, and I’m only half joking, that I did not stand reply to your question, “Has anyone else been invited to a mental institution?” Well, Barbie spoke up and I”m proud of Barbie. Now I’m not shy so that is not why I didn’t speak. This is what I was thinking. “Well, I’ve never been invited so I wonder if that counts. Should I ask? But I kinda feel like it’s not really what she’s talking about because I never got the exclusive invitation. All I got was a lot of carefully worded encouragement from my psychiatrist, family and, though my memory is foggy, I’m pretty sure a friend or two.” I was told a little visit might do me good.I said NO! I’m totally serious that this is exactly what was going through my mind. I think that is so bizarre that I’d think it through so long I would lose my chance. So actually, part of me really feels bad that it was only you and Barbie. I’m not losing any sleep over it as I’m sure you will be relieved to know. There was another reason I thought maybe I shouldn’t speak up because I’d be tempted to mention one or two of the things I posted before on this blog. Yes, even when not manic my DNA, from my mom’s side of the family, makes me a talker (putting it mildly) and I didn’t want to do that (say more than needed). Unlike, as you mentioned, 90 something % of the poplulation I have no fear of public speaking at all. None. Used to, but I worked on it; maybe I overdid it. Well, I really wish I hadn’t thought it through so long so because I think all of us afflicted with mental illness, if comfortable enough, should get the word out that we have a mental illness and it’s just like any other, but the symptoms, as you put so well, sound like a great weekend in Vegas. Let’s get rid of the stigma! I hope this helps a little since I totally blew it by thinking it over so much I lost my chance to speak and say to the audience, hey me too-in fact I’m a bipolar shrink. Now isn’t that pretty trippy?
saw show last night. gave you the “member/nember” jokes. you were great. good luck on broadway.
Carrie, thanks so much for taking a second to sign for me. Your smile is great as always and I wish you all the best on Broadway! I forgot to mention I loved Under the Rainbow and the Burbs! Thanks for coming to Seattle!
Hi Carrie,
My 11 year old son has been diagnosed bipolar. I had to put him in the hospital for 1 week after he pulled some knives from a drawer and threatened to kill himself. I have three other younger children, and this has been really difficult. I have known something was wrong since he was little (about 4), but I didn’t see this coming. I’ve read I think every book there is on Bipolar and other similar disorders, just wondered if you have any sources of inspiration in this area? You are a compelling, witty and brilliant writer. Sorry that life has been so hard. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, I guess.
Glad you stuck around
Hi Carrie,
I’ve read some of your books, heard you on public radio, and I’m a sick Star Wars fan. Seeing you live is on my to-dos. But I have to admit, you’ll always be foxy, petite Princess Leia to me.
This picture makes me wonder what Chewbacca was doing with his other hand:
Growl!!!
RC
Hi Carrie,
Like many others I have just read your very enjoyable book.
I found it witty, poignant and funny.
I’m happy to report that it didn’t damage too many of my boyhood allusions of Princess Leia (although several of them are pretty bent out of shape).
I enjoyed your reference to the awful film in Australia. I know the one that you mean and although it was a VERY BIG deal that you were in it, the movie itself was pretty woeful.
My Mum is bipolar and I’m planning on getting her copy of Wishful Drinking because of your very positive message (she went through a rough patch recently) and because like many men of my age my Mum took me to see Star Wars all those years ago which has given me a life long love of Star Wars and science fiction.
Take Care.
Dear Carrie (I wanted to write you an actual letter because it’s nicer but then I discovered your blog. What the hell?)
I come from the Twin Cities area. I go to college part-time in River Falls I’m what you call an aspiring singer and actress, writer, business person etc…I grew up on Star Wars among other films like Singin’ in the Rain, Goodbye Charlie, Molly Brown, The Burbs… I read Wishful Drinking a few months ago and loved your stories, which I realize weren’t all a bundle of laughs, but you have a great sense of humor. I am honored that you are willing to talk about your experiences with people such as myself. I value them a great deal. I loved the “Dianaga poo poo story” for instance. I told it to my dad and my best friend. I also loved the Carry Grant story. It’s so funny that he can make so many people nervous, like how he made Audrey Hepburn spill wine on him. Haha! My favorite story was about you and Bob Dylan; sarcastic hilarity! And then you met George Harrison, “as one does.” Haha! I’ve actually seen quite a few of your films but look forward to seeing Postcards from the Edge, which I had never heard of before Wishful Drinking. By the way, I don’t think I’m gay yet but I do think that you are a beautiful woman who has shared a lot of wonderful things with the world. You are inspirational. Your book is really able to transport the reader to a place where we can empathize with your struggles and giggle with the good times. Thank you so much!!! Also, I can’t imagine what it is like to have to live with bipolar disorder but I do have some friends with it and some that are suffering from depression. I am sharing your book with them because it made me feel so connected with you. I am proud of you and all of my friends for facing their struggles. I look forward to reading your other books. Thank you again for sharing with us.
Hello Carrie:
Like everyone else I suppose, I idolized you as Princess Leia – however, these days I’m more intrigued by your writing and ’script doctoring.’ I, myself, am a ‘wannabe’ writer. I feel as though it’s what I’m supposed to do (at 36, I definitely, took my sweet time figuring THAT out) or at the very least what would make me happiest. However, I haven’t the vaguest idea how someone with very little actual training goes about making that happen. Is ‘just start writing’ the way to go or do you feel any kind of formal education is required? I’m just curious as to your thoughts. I just got laid off from a job I wasn’t particularly passionate about and rather than drowning myself in self-pity and dirty martinis (ok, after that first day anyway) I thought I’d take the opportunity the universe seems to be giving me to switch gears.
By the way, I enjoyed Wishful Drinking tremendously (my father is bipolar and some of what you described was incredibly familiar – both in terms of humor as well as pain). It’s exactly the kind of writing that inspires me to take a chance on my own ambitions. Thanks for entertaining, educating and sharing. ~Nikola
Carrie,
I know you don’t know me but I was researching my families history and I found out that you are my cousin 3 times removed. It’s really weird me popping this up out of the blue. Just thought i would let you know I’m here. I’m 13 and i live in Eureka California. i have a big family. I don’t know how you are related to me, but all signs point to yes. If you would like to know how i found this out, or anything else.. I would be glad to talk to you and maybe possibly but more than likely never meet you..
Love Amy Barone(Barti)
Sincerely your cousin 3x removed.. (:
i have been a fan since .. oh .. SHAMPOO … and eagerly await all your writing and performance artistic product. a friend of mine attended a recent autograph show in the LA area and obtained a photo of you (as leia .. its all you had left!) and i had previous asked him to request you sign it to me with my favorite line from POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE .. “instant gratification takes too long” .. you did do this .. i cherish the inscription … little did i know this very blog/web site has this very line as its tag line.
brilliant line.
brilliant mind.
can’t wait to see what you do next.
Hi Carrie !
I´ve been following you since my young years in the late seventies in the first star wars movie , and then teh rest of them. And I always thought you where a lovely woman. I am a danish Musician whon lives as such here in Copenhagen.
I play drums , and worked as a musician on a lot of Theatre shows here in Denmark on the great scenes , so I am quite familiar with actors and actreses. This buisness is nice , and what a great but hard life this can be at times , all this traveling and all those people you constantly meet , which is lovely. I hope you will soon do more movies in the future , I miss to see you on the big screen again. As i have understood you are writing scripts for films , and doing theatre these
days. All the best from me here from copenhagen.
Best
Dennis Drud.
Why aren’t you the Queen of the World yet? I mean, you can wear an intergalactic slave costume better than anyone I know, and you are delightfully articulate and wickedly funny to boot! Oh, and there is that bit where you play Boushh, the bounty hunter as well. Is there anything you cannot do?
A brief story for you, as uniquely told by me: In 1983 when I was just five years old, my parents bought me a Princess Leia action figure that was packaged erroneously by Kenner. You were supposed to be wearing a camouflage poncho of sorts, but instead you were wearing a pink one, as if conspiring Republican fundamentalists wanted to give your character clearer gender specificity for their action-figure collecting children. At the same time, you were sold in a Hoth Storm Trooper package, which was the greatest error of all on Kenner’s part.
Had I been older I might have thought “Does Princess Leia have some identity issues? First, she is an adventurer on planet Endor, fighting the evil Empire, and then she is wearing a pink camouflage pancho, which sort of screams “Notice me! I am a person! Please pay attention to me!” to all of the speed bikers and all other forest-dwelling inhabitants. Then, somewhere in her medulla oblongata (or somewhere else, as I am no brain anatomist), Princess Leia Organa is nursing notions of being a Hoth stormtrooper. Who is Princess Leia really?”
Just wanted you to know, Kenner accidentally predicted your bumpy ride through life. Thanks for sharing it with us.
I am getting married this week, and I am making my fiancee listen to “Wishful Drinking” during her commute to work. I hope you enjoyed my story, and if you feel like writing back I would love to hear your thoughts on Kenner’s prophetic blunder.
Most Sincerely,
Chad Johnston
Hi Carrie,
I’m just wondering if you ever do any public speaking other than your new show? This community mental health center in Vancouver, WA would love to talk with you about options for being keynote speaker at our next event in April, 2010. Thanks very much,
Rose
Dear Carrie Fisher,
There is some craziness in these comments (after posting this, I may have joined it). I’m not a quarter-way through them and I’m already excited about this subscription. Some of this must be frightening, though. (There are some Ross Gellers here.)
I was happy to join the mailing list after finding the link on Berkeley Repertory’s ticketing site. Of course, my first memories of you involved you talking back to Darth Vader, but I became a fan after reading your interview with Madonna (for Rolling Stone?). I’d never heard two women talk like that so openly. I was enthralled. As I think about it, it must have influenced my attitudes about women. I’ve surrounded myself with strong, intelligent women (who are good at swearing).
Can’t wait to see and hear your show. Reading your autobiographical work is difficult for me. I find myself distracted by the internal narrator my mind wants to assign the author. She sound like Peter Griffin’s supervisor at Pawtucket Brewery. I need to buy the audio version of Wishful Drinking.
See you soon!
Shea
Carrie, I have some advice in case you feel depressed (I remember you made public how you’re manicdepressive): 1, place Valentine’s Day hearts on your home’s walls along with brightly colored rainbows; 2, try drinking Kool Aid, and eating frozen Kool aid; 3, watch Care Bears episodes if you can find them; 4, blow bubbles using dish soap and those toy bubble blowers; 5, smile at yourself in a mirror and listen to recordings of yourself that say you’re a good, worthwhile, and important person; 6, paint pictures of landscapes and atmospheres; 7, safely spend a little time in sunlight each day. You’re a very good actress.
Sincerely,
Chip Burcham
CARRIE I SAW U TONIGHTON THE BOX…. YOU ARE RIGHT ON GIRL. KEEP ON TRUCKIN. I ADORE U… BOCA RATON,,, STEVE
CARRIE…GOTTA LOVE YA MAN…
Carrie, You are an example record and overcoming; because needs much I encourage and corjae to exit forward and not only later but bring many people in such difficult as it is depression situations. I saw the movie many years of the war of galaxies, today in my 35 years I have from time to time I see and I feel emotion, lot, by that I see in these films hope and love, the values of friendship, so lost today. Carrie there is something that I would very much and I would fill enormous joy that could some day return me a few words to my mail. I occasionally a bit deprimo and for my serious quite incredible. maybe some day I write and I can get an autograph not leia organa, but Carrie Fisher women that I am fighting against drugs and gives example of overcoming a hug. Rodrigo García Mejia Colombia
Dear Carrie,
have followed your acting and writing career for over 20yrs now or is it 30 I forget I was 11 when I learned whom you were from “Star Wars” back in the 70s.
You have still remain my all time favorite, I have bought all five of your books latest being “Wishful Drinking” and enjoyed it so much like the others before it, I”ve now re-read three times. I love “Wishful Drinking”, I loan out your book’s to my family and friend’s and my mother is currently enjoying “Best Awful IS”.
Thankyou Carrie Fisher.
for the enjoyment and fun you share.
I do very much look foward to your latest blog entries and read them with relish and a smile
May the Lifeforce always be with you!
Sincerest wishes a Fan from
Australia.
Well, there’s Uncle Joe
He’s a-movin’ kinda slow
at the junction
depakote junction
Carrie,
It appeared that Michael and his beautiful children visited you. (I saw him in concert with his brothers when I was a teen-the Victory tour–)
I’m sure the visit was a very magical time for them and for you.
I’m sorry for your loss. He was very talented indeed–and so are you.
Jeanette L.
Dear Carrie,
I didnt know what you’ve been doing since the Star wars movies. Apparently writing books…….(ppl dont send me hate messages…. Im still playing catchup.. Sorry ..)
but i just wanted to say I love you. I grew up watching you and you will always hold a special place in my heart
Hugs!!!
-Robert
Dear Carrie,
I don’t know if you are actually able to read these…but here goes. You and your mother Debbie can contact me at the yahoo address
I have not seen you in person in years. But I did last see your mother at my Uncle Hugh O’Brians wedding. She sang like an angel. When my Uncle Hugh and his wife Virginia were married, And after the ceremony I had hoped to Thank your mother and ask how you were….but she was gone.
Growing up in Hollywood on some weekends and visiting my Uncle, I can relate to some of what you went through.
I felt some of the Betrayal that you experienced for your family regarding “H” You and your mother, and your brother are people that I admire and pray for often. My children grew up with the Star Wars and my 31 Year old son…still feels you were every much the lady that your mother has been.
I just came back out of retirement back into the Army Reserves…..and I am recommending some of your books to my friends……you are in your own right an inspiration God Bless you and Yours…
“Noelle”
Greetings! Dear God how I get your every word including about the actress Mother…… oh, yea. Interesting upbringing that only you have been able to put into words! You must write more! You get to the heart of every moment! Oh!! And we were born on the same day! October 21, 1957— being a Libra/ cusp Scorpio is also interesting, eh? And why oh why did either of us go for the musician! I thought I knew better! Yea, right. I don’t know what meeting to go to let alone what kind of man to take hostage next.
) —My prayer is that your speaking tour brings you here to good ole’ Texass. It’s a hellava place to move to (son & I are going on 3 years) and be sober/ clean. -You are such a blessing, a gem, a gift and I thank God for ya. Bless you bigtime. A(wo)men!
Robin and son, Cody
Leander, Texas
I read. I read because I love, LOVE words. It is so rare to find someone who can do with words, what a fine bluesman does with a great guitar riff. And honey, I could listen to you all day. One of the great joys is when you find someone who can make you stop and go back to reread a sentence or paragraph, not because you didn’t get it the first time, but because the word play is such that you must experience it again. Sitting in First Chair for me is Tom Robbins, the high pubah of word play. And in Second Chair you are placed, high pubah-ette. My praise can go no higher. Were it in my power to bestow an award for silken wordplay, brutal honesty and rapier wit, a row of golden word processors would grace your shelf. (They would make a mean doorstop as well.)
write on,
diane
Carrie,
I was wondering what, if any reccomnedations you have for a first time writer. Although I grew up a Star Wars geek I have found that it was actually theraputic for me. A product of abuse from family members including rape, physical abuse, and also being bi-polar I want to produce a detailed tell all of myself. I have no idea were to begin but it has become a goal for me to account for the time i have been alive and to detail the path that led me to who i am.
Thanks
JEFF
Carrie,
Just finished your book (audio) and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the book and your reading of it. You have a way of expressing you thoughts and life events that just pull the listener in wanting more.
Thanks
Ann
Dear Ms. Fisher,
I just wanted to write a little reply letting you know you are not alone in your super power to turn men gay that you describe in your book. Not only do I share this little talent of yours, but I may be a prodigy of some kind; my ex-boyfriend actually ended up dating a guy I had been on a couple of dates with and been infatuated with for years (he and I have a ’stage baby’ meaning we were in a show together and we had a child in the show who we still talk about as if he is real who he named ‘Skittle’, if this didn’t tip me off that he was really gay I have no idea what would have). Including these two gems my grand tally of men I have turned gay has now reached 4, and I’m only 21 years old!
Break legs for your upcoming Broadway run! I’m planning on coming to the show sometime in September during the previews. I’ll probably be sitting in the nosebleed-I’m-a-theatre-acting-college-student-who-may-as-well-be-getting-a-degree-in-waitress seats. Loved your books and I’m sure I’ll love the show just as much!
~Emily
Hello Carrie,
As you can see, my name is also Carey Fisher and I am the host of “Super 70’s Flashback” on blogtalkradio.com
I would like to inquire about possibly conducting an interview with you for a future broadcast. I would love to discuss all facets of you careers in film and literature as well as your role in the upcoming remake of “The House On Sorority Row”.
If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
Carey Fisher
Hi Carrie.
Just been looking at your web site and think its great. I also suffer from Bi Polar and know how it can effect oneself, also, how it can effect the person who cares for you. My partner has been so good with me, seen me go into hospital, seen me on a low mood, high mood to.
The illness is so hard to describe, its like going through a dark tunnel and not being able to see any light. My advice to people, you are a normal person, as some people can be so unkind towards mental ilness. Medication is important as well, never forget to take your medication.
Anyone reading this, we are the salt of the earth, we are normal people.
Warm regards
Paul, from the UK
Hello,
Just thought you’d like to know that my daughter, who will be 16 next month, had to fill out a survey during the first week of school. She is a junior at the local public high school. On the question asked who would you like to have lunch with, she answered “Carrie Fisher”. Her teacher just said, “Huh?!” She is a giant fan and thought you would be fun to talk with. She has such well-rounded tastes in music and entertainment at 16. I just thought it was interesting that you were her first choice. 90% off the students answered sports stars and of course our new President – not my daughter – she loves to be different!
Dawn, from the Quiet Corner, CT
Hi Carrie,
Just finished Wishful Drinking. I have always liked your work. I bought your book on an impulse and when I started reading it I figured out why I was led to purchase. I, like you, have had ECT. As you know, getting to that point is incredibly painful. For me, severe panic attacks started the whole process. Incorrect diagnosis continued it. Attempted suicide was the desperate cry (absolutely NOTHING I would have considered prior to the daily and continuous panic attacks – seriously). The good news is that somehow, through all the crap, I finally linked up with the right people and a good recovery plan. I am so glad you are doing better. As you know, sometimes knowing someone else has been there, gives comfort. However, as I have learned, doing the hard work is the best way to keep on plan! Comfort therapy only last a little while. Thank you for sharing your story! It touched my life (isn’t that another reason why we convince ourselves there was a purpose to it all!). Here is something I have on a mug – author anonymous.
“Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still BE CALM IN YOUR HEART”. Heck with the force, may Peace be with you always.
Hey Carrie!
HILLARIOUS!!! I just read your blog after Googling yourself on Perez Hilton’s Site & absolutely LOOOOVEED it!! I think you are a very cool chick who’s humor is undeniably witty, sarcastic & wonderful!!! Hollywood has such plastic’ people & it’s refreshing to know there are REAL people who just get tired of all the BS & speak it!
Thank you for starting my day in laughter!
carrie:
i’ve posted at least once here (where? when? who knows) and “instant gratification takes too long” is a life mantra … I was at the invited dress for WISHFUL DRINKING at studio 54 on sunday .. and shall be returning in october to see it again … you are amazing. exquisitely crafted piece this show is .. that spoke to me (and long long time fan) and my 24 year old 2nd cousin equally. young relative who knew your work from television and some more recent movies but … had no idea of the family history you discuss in “hollywood inbreeding 101″ …
so just to say .. the show works for everyone. long term fans of your writing and just you … and newer fans who get it. and are ready to receive.
fabulous. thanks!
Carrie, You most surely don’t remember me but a long time ago we were in school together. I was Elementary School. Does the name Fenster ring a bell? We played quite a lot on the school ground. Now many MANY years later I still think of those days whenever I see your face or hear your name. I hope all is well for you.
You take care,
Thomas O’Shaughnessy
I just wanted to say I liked Mrs. Fisher in Star Wars way back when and I still think she is great. She has had her problems, haven’t we all. Keep it up. It’s been over 30 years ago I went to the drive in to watch Star Wars. I know where I was when each of those movies came out. Hawaii, North Carolina and Japan. Star Wars 4, 5 and 6. Thanks
A big fan Carl.
Good Morning Carrie,
I was watching you today on TV and I realized that I am a lot like you in many ways. I try to get through difficult situations and now any situation by humor. I loved what you said about your x. I actually laughed………I don’t do that much anymore. I laugh when I’m around others and feel I should laugh, but it’s usually not real. I do it for them I guess, but when I listened to you, it was a real laugh. Thank you.
Lorri
Um wow, I saw you on the today show today and you are so honest and open and have a sense of humor in the depths of your darkness. I really admire you. I have sooooooooo many issues and have been unhappy since I came out of the womb. It’s really nobodys fault, I just want to understand it and get better. You crack me up and I reallly think humor has kept me sane these 49 (what the hell I’m 49 – Just turned) alive. God Bless you. Nobody takes mental illness serious. If I had breast cancer everyone would be sooo compassionate. So why is it different if there’s something wrong in my brain? Last I knew the brain was also an organ the body. Things can go wrong with any organ in the body. Why is the mind so off llimits? Anyway, I would love to see your show, I’m sure I could relate big time. God bless you for being who you are and letting people who are mentally challenged in one way or another relate. You are awesome!!!!!
Hi Carrie. You’ll always be beautiful! Good luck with every thing.
Carrie,
I too saw you today on the morning show. You were in ‘Promises with a dear friend of mine, Tricia. She said that you were roommates. I don’t know if you were aware of the fact that Tricia did not make it out alive. She did well for a while but then died of an overdose, or should I say the wrong dose . I miss her every single day. Actually, you looked somewhat like her today when I saw you. Everything from your hair cut and color to your shoes and clothes. She was a New Orleans girl originally and died in LA. Keep doing what you are doing and know that you are loved by many.
Hi Carrie,
I feel like such a dork writing you! But I have been watching you on TV talking about your book and have to say you are just great!
As a manic depressive former drunk and all around emotional mess, I relate to your story very much, in my own way. I have been howling with laughter listening to you talk, and let me tell you I really need it…
Unlike you, I have never had the means recourses or insurance to cope with this. Many free clinics and a lot of street bought medication have left me a bigger mess than ever, now at the age of 40…. Boo hoo, and so now what?
LAUGH! hahahaha… aaaahhhhh…… or maybe craugh ( laughing and crying simultaneously)
I don’t know why or how, but listening to you has really helped me. I will even scrape together some unemployment money to buy your book.
THANK YOU,
“nobody”
Hi Carrie,
I work for ABC News and we would love to have you on our celeb show, What’s the Buzz to talk about Wishful Drinking on Broadway. The show airs on ABC News Now (our cable channel) and on our website abcnews.com. What’s your availability like this week?
As an aside, my mom Susan Adler was your childhood friend. She was in your brownie troop and she said you went to a circus themed birthday party together in the 1st grade and you put your head on her shoulder and said “Wake me up when this is over..”
Thanks in advance and look forward to hearing from you.
All the best,
Jessica Reinis
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Staying in the Moment
I feel like a mouse in a maze, or a labyrinth perhaps (to give it some spiritual significance, or greater meaning). From moment to moment I choose (it don’t always feel like I is choosing) to focus on the ever exhausting, depressing, useless task of continually moving, and never arriving…anywhere, (or) focusing on whatever I notice, in my immediate path, while oblivious to all else.
When I’m contemplating the nature of the maze, and “choosing” to focus on “the macro picture”, I alternate between rushing, running, sometimes stumbling towards what I am sure will be an exit from sameness, from isolation,from meaningless, recognizing the futility of looking for that exit, believing it does not exist, and raising my tattered, tired white flag.
Is this some obsessive compulsive paradigm I’ve projected upon life, or are there others who contemplate their existence in the same manner. Please raise your hand if you can identify with what I’m saying.
In a world where the likes of Kitty Dukakis, and Carrie Fisher are undergoing Electroconvulsive Shock Treatment, where the hell do we find the why and wherefore, to manage the madness?
carrito, how are you? we haven’t spoke in some time. saw you on thre View a couple of weeks ago. you look fabulous remember the days at the Hill in new canaan ct. i do. how are your brother todd and mom doing. well i hope. i was telling someone the other day about the radio controlled car i sent Billy for christmas and how according to you she was captivated by it. i got qa note from our Nobel Peace prize winner Oscar. he has had health problems but he is once again is the President of Costa Rica. stopped by the theather (studio 54-how ironic) but you had already left. spent many nights( and mornings a la steve rubell.) there. back in the day rest his soul.if you recall his empire crashed after he appeared w barbra walters and revealed his “double set of books.”amazing how discerning one can be while doing drugs and booze. i am well and have been for quite some time now. incredible. would love to see you while you are in nyc.left my phone # on your number and i am on facebook. let’s talk.iretired from my crimina defense work with the exception of a few very carefully selected clients. travel frequently to the Dominican Republic.
Hi Carrie,
Just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. Always think of you on this day. We did meet once, a while ago, at a London Toy Museum I worked at in Paddington, London. You helped towards an exhibition I was working on.
Just to finish, I love that photograph on your home page. You look absolutely wonderful.
Best wishes,
Simon
X
Dear Ms. Fisher,
I know this is going to sound a bit absurd, but I feel strongly compelled to write. I am in the sixth (and last) year of my doctorate (Ph.D.) in clinical psychology at Columbia University (preparing to be a clinical psychologist), here in Manhattan. I saw your wonderful performance last night (I was one of the three gay guys you referenced in the second row). Besides being very moved by your phenomenal talent and biting wit, as a clinician who has worked with many patients suffering from mental illness, I was also impressed with your astounding resilience and courage. Although I clearly don’t know you well, given your reported history and obvious sensitivity, I have a different take on your diagnosis. I know this is an outrageous proposal, but I would really enjoy speaking to you, both about your history, and my conception of the situation. If you had the inclination, please feel free to contact me (if not, I’m sure you can find the humor in a shrink contacting you on your website
.
Otherwise, thank you for an amazing night–it was truly an honor to share the moment.
Warmest regards,
Justin Jones, M.Phil, M.S.
Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology
Columbia University
I don’t know where to begin. My life was utterly destroyed by a well-developed bipolar disorder that I was not aware of until it had done its complete and sharp-edged damage. Twenty years after, I am stumbling back, after a style-bereft fashion. Is this a place to find comfort? I’ve heard things…
Carrie,
I am 45 years old and this is my first fan letter if, in fact, that is what it is? I loved the book WISHFUL DRINKING as I love people who can laugh at themselves. As I am employed as an attorney, I do not encounter this personality trait too often. The book gives me permission to laugh at my husband who is bi-polar. The cat is now out of the bag ( no, I do not operate a Chinese restaurant on the side! ),,, I am obviously a cruel bitch! Have been in AA for 19 years, not one bit nicer am I, thank you. I was always yhe master of the pithy comeback which usually meant they would “come back’ to my house for the evening. This led to the bi-polar coupling which led to a 12 year old son who is a Star Wars nut and I must admit I’d prefer street drugs. Anyhow, laughter IS the best medicine and since my husband has not left after multiple heterosexual affairs, you give me new hope ( no Star Wars reference intended ) that maybe I too will one day be refering to the man who got the man who got away! One Day at a Time
Dear Carrie Fisher,
How surreal for me to write that. “Dear Carrie Fisher”.
My name is also Carrie Fisher. Or was, until I got married. Want to hear the punch line? Grew up in LA, mom’s best friend had a son named Mark Hammill. Gets better. She was an uber freakish Sci Fi fan (in the 70’s), had a scifi magazine and I was dragged to numerous conventions as a child. We were friends of Forry Ackerman who thought it was funny, or cute, or whatever, to forward your fan mail to me. (Sorry, I owe you a number of very kind letters, christmas cards, from well-wishers. Also, didn’t really want to pay your Nieman Marcus bill that I once received when living in the valley about a hundred years ago).
Many times I was asked if my father was Eddie Fisher, (but never if my mother was Debbie Reynolds. That’s wierd.) But anyway, it was difficult not to verbalize (scream) “How stupid would that be???! Did he name two children Carrie???” My favorite: “Are you the REAL Carrie Fisher?” Hmmm. No. I am the fake. Look ma, no buns.
Small world. Lived down the street from Bob Dylan, my brother got stoned with him once. Or twice.
The point? None, really. Just connecting with another Carrie Fisher. Wonder how many more there are?
I have enjoyed your books, could identify with them in more ways than one. Laughed out loud at “Wishful Drinking”. “Postcards” hit close to home, if I remember. Who knew depression and addiction could be so humorous? Well, any addict or manic, actually….
Congrats on the show.
Enjoy,
Carrie Fisher Murphy
Just saw you on Charlie Rose—have been hoping to see your show. Quit putting hourself down—there is still a really intelligent and very sexy woman in there. really enjoy your sense of how absurd life can be.. Enjoy life!!
Hi Carrie: Just saw you on the Charlie Rose program and loved you on the show. I have never had the answer to “If you were stranded on amt island, who would you like to be stranded with”…until now. It is you…I could listen to your oservations, analaysis and reflections for hours, days and more…..please come to South Florida ASAP….since chances are I will not find myself stranded on an island soon and even less likely you will be there too! Rickie
After seing you On Charlie Rose tonight, a day after my BD I thought I would wish yours with a little delay.
Happy Bird: “days to you”
Happy Bird:
“Days to you”
Was singing
The meadowlark
In the long grass
Where it lives…
I wish I had
His voice
To sing along…
Happy Birds:
“Days to you”
We were singing,
My singing
Was from my inner
Unstinting voice.
I was standing
Still in a field
On a glorious
Summer Day.
Thought
From the Heart
Worth singing.
Patrick
Albouy
Organowsky
© 2004
Carrie,
Just finished watching the Jimmy Fallon Show. You look absolutely fabulous! To those people that wish to hate on you I say…..MYOB! Hope the show is a success.
Rick
dear carrie, i have loVED YOU FOR YEARS. YOU ARE SO GENUINE. YOUR MOM IS GREAT ALSO. I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR ABOUT 27 YEARS AND BELIEVE MY HUSBAND IS BIPOLAR. I HAVE LIVED WITH HIM FOR 30 YEARS. VERY HARD. UPS AND DOWNS. THEY USED TO CALL IT MANIC DEPRESIVE. HE CANT HOLD A JOB FOR VERY LONG SO I AM WAITING FOR HIM TO RETIRE. I DONT EVER WANT TO RETIRE. I RUN A DAYCARE. I LOVE HIM BUT NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS HIM. IT IS VERY HARD. I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE. IT MUST BE A BITCH TO HAVE THIS DISEASE. LIFE IS NOT EASY. SOME TIMES I WONDER IF HE IS SICK OR JUST THAT WAY A HARD ASS. BUT THEN HE GOES UP AND DOWN LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. HE WAS DIAGNOSED 35 YEARS AGO AND IS ON MED. IT DOES NOT CURE IT HOWEVER. I THINK OF YOU OFTEN AND JUST SAW YOU ON CHARLIE ROSE SHOW. EXCELLENT!!!!! THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. SHERRI
Dearest Carrie,
Hellooo… (Caught in self-triumph of finishing a book…) I didn’t know you as an author, a comedienne, and very little else before passing the “New Books” display at the library and in glance-of-back-cover-astonishment, I took it home and couldn’t put it down. To have had the opportunity to share with the world your imperfections and humanity from YOUR point of view brings you down to the ‘normal’ you wrote you had never experienced. Life in any of it’s forms of confusion makes for great conversation, huh? Sincerely manic at times and can’t wait for another book, Allison
Dear Carrie,
It doesn’t look like you have the opportunity to reply to these notes, but I just saw you on Charlie Rose last week and was wondering if you would be willing to be honored by the Riverdale Mental Health Association (RMHA) of which I am President. We serve the north Bronx and are celebrating our 50th anniversary. The theme is de-stigmatizing mental health, and your words on Charlie Rose, and from your show, inspired me to write and ask. RMHA provides high quality care to a population in need. We would be honored if you would consider being our honoree.
Yours, Andrew
So glad you got the site updated. I met you at one of your book signings, were I told you that I had chosen you as my higher power. you replied, “Oh honey you can do so much better than me”. So I tried Couryney Love for a week and went back to you! Congratulations on the shows success! Wish I could have seen it. Any chance the show is being filmed for DVD release?
Have you and your Daughter been to see the aurora borealis yet?
Dear Carrie,
On Friday, November 13, 2009, my mother and I saw your one-woman show Wishful Drinking on Broadway. The reason I’m writing this is because my mom is Carol, the woman who shouted out that she had a stay in Bellevue. I encouraged her to do this (I was also tempted to shout out that I loved you on 30 Rock, but I didn’t want to steal my mom’s thunder). Anyway, I’m writing this now because I hope you realize one day that, like Sally Field, we like you. We really, really like you, and we want you to be happy. So here’s to you, my mom, and everyone else who has the courage to admit that we’re all a little crazy… and that’s okay. Best of luck!
Regards,
Sam
Dear Ms. Fisher,
Thank you so much again for allowing me to meet you after your show on Saturday night. You’re awesome. I have followed your career ever since “Star Wars”: I was 6 years old when it came out. Princess Leia was one of my favorite heroines growing up because she was strong, but feminine and funny.
If you’d like to have a copy of the picture I took of you, please contact me and I’d be happy to send it along. If you’re on Facebook, you can access it from my Facebook page (Kathleen Dow) as well.
Cheers,
Kathy Dow
“Half ‘n Half” Mental Case
Are you kidding me, Carrie, ppl are giving you shit about your weight? You’re Anakin Skywalker’s daughter, for Gods sake! That just infuriates me.
Thanks that was the best Letterman appearance I’ve seen since Sam Kinison.
Carrie – Thank you for ‘Wishful Drinking’. I’m 23 and was recently diagnosed bipolar 2. Your book and your play (which I recently saw and loved at Studio 54) gave me the hope I needed to get up and know that it is NOT a death sentence. You have no idea how much your book means to me.
Hey,
Just wanted to ask a quick question. Is there a chance you’ll be coming to London to do your show? Someone may have asked but I can’t be arsed it read everyones message. You’ll be a great hit and I really want to see it. I’m skint so can’t get over to New York. Pleaseeeee consider it, we need interesting people over here. I know bear people who wants to see it. Please don’t punish me cause I’m English… Well half Scottish but whatever.
P.s You make me laugh so much, Thank you xxxxxx
Hi, i will ask this very quickly, do you remember father Bob? I met him in 89 or 90 in St. Louis this is where i live, He was a therapist, tall, light brown hair He said he lived next door to you in Texas, and you used to chat with him, I have enjoyed your stuff, God loves you Carrie.
Carrie!
My partner and I saw your show last night. YOU WERE AWESOME! We laughed our asses off. You are an amazing woman and an inspiration to us all. Please never give up on your twisted insight to life. It certainly gives us all something laugh about and to hold onto. Best wishes to you always. Ed and Chris.
Carrie- Interesting how you say (in Wishful Drinking) that if one is reading this book and has not (oh crap) seen Star Wars, then what are they doing reading your book? Personally, I left the Star Wars fascination to my father, brothers, and inevitably, my nephew (who has an unhealthy regard for Darth Vader). I picked this book up at Borders and simply read the back cover, periodicals simplified. You sell yourself short, although I do not believe this is news to you. As a writer, myself, those allusive “awards” do not always hold the significance you may think (and they usually require purchase). Write, my friend, and appreciate yourself. You are worth it.
Grey Weatherly
Too Much Stuff…..Tooooooo Many Buttons to press for someone making my way in this world at your age…….As in 50’s onwards………..No Dinosaur….But Don’t press any Button without consideration……I’m Confused…I encountered your facebook thing…Apparently not you..Read your Blog thing?..Who the Fuck Knows…..Now this…After a bottle of Wine…..Don’t give a Fuck about the Princess Shit…Could Care Less???…..How can anybody stand out amongst this ‘white noise’…….?……I’m in the UK………Best I can Offer is…Well looking at you…Reading some stuff…And thinking…’I know this lady!”..Although I Do Not…..How Could I ?………Reckon u are Busy Busy Busy…..The Distraction Helps Don’t It?……..If you Have a Micro Second….Throw a cursory glance in my direction….I’ll share what I see from my window in Birmingham England….That’s all you need……….Then See X
Planned NYC trip for holidays as Xmas gift to each other and highlight was to be Dec 31 show we booked for Wishful Drinking. Just notified that show was canceled but we think we are rescheduled for Dec. 29 if we can make it in from JFK in time. Any suggestions now for us to book for Dec. 31—everything seems to be dark. Or we can attend any party you are! Suggestions welecome.
Hi Carrie,
I saw WISHFUL DRINKING. It brought back so many memories. You mentioned ‘a show’ but never said it was IRENE. Friends and I auditioned for IRENE and one girl got the tour. A group of us went to see it and were very jealous of you. We also said mean things about you being the stars kid. All these years later, I am so thrilled that I got to see you on stage again…out of the chorus and where you shine. You’ve survived and turned into a wise, comic genius and a really good singer!!
Bless you and thank you for a very special performance!!
xoxox
Jeanie
Hello.
Well, um, this is kind of “awkward.” I guess we’re gonna have to redefine “bipolar disorder” and “Oedipus Complex.”
haste una cirugia como Yo que tengo un desorden de personalidad
Wow great man! First of all, the theme is good and the way you present stuff is simply amazing! And your post is quite good. Although this is the first time I visited your blog but the information you provided have obliged meme to bookmark you blog.
Bonjour and hello Carrie, I’d like to communicate with you, but it seems to be like science fiction, It is strange because I have the same eyes as you have or I had when I was , I’d love to see you and talk to you, it seems to be an interesting meeting, which I feel, why not ?
Bonjour and hello Carrie, I’d like to communicate with you, but it seems to be a little like science fiction, It is strange because I have the same eyes as you have or I had when I was a little girl, It seems also that I have a similar path even if i’m 44 years old and trying to understand and go forward, I’d love to meet you and talk to you, it seems it could be an interesting meeting, which I feel, my mail adress is fabie@clara.co.uk (ok even if I’m french) It would be nice to talk about life with you…. why not, in life, at the end, every thing is possible and your experience and meeting might be very important. I do believe in it and I do believe in fantastic things in life.
Dear Carrie:
I write to you from Juarez, Mexico,and as you have probably heard, is one of the most violent cities in the world. Our city has been in the middle of a very violent drug war. To this date, there are more than 4,000 people who have been murdered in our streets (and in many cases, in their own homes) in less than 2 years. The attacks occur any time of the day, and recently, there have been executions outside kindergardens and elementary schools.
I write all of this, because in the middle of this turmoil, my family, my friends and I, have peace. A peace that surpasses all understanding. And this true peace comes from a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Without going into details, a few years ago my life was completely shattered, and could not find help nor rest in no one , or in anything. But then the Lord Jesus Christ saved me, and turned my life,and my family´s life around. Today, by His grace, I am a medical doctor, general practitioner, and, in addition to adequate medical treatment to my patients, I tell them about the Great Physician. I pray that you receive His peace and that He heals every wound, just ask Him, He loves you so! Please pray this prayer with all your heart: LORD JESUS CHRIST, I believe that you are the Son of God, who came to the world to die for my sins and save me. I ask you to forgive me for all my sins. Please come into my heart as my Lord, my Savior and my King.Please write my name in the Book of Life. I receive the gift of your Holy Spirit, who will lead me to all truth and justice.Thank you for hearing me and saving me. Thank you because your Word says that you will never leave me, nor forsake me. Thank you Lord Jesus, in your all powerful name, Amen.
I will pray for you Carrie, and I know that all will be incredibly well with you, because He loves you. Bye.
Dear Carrie:
I write to you from Juarez, Mexico,and as you have probably heard, is one of the most violent cities in the world. Our city has been in the middle of a very violent drug war. To this date, there are more than 4,000 people who have been murdered in our streets (and in many cases, in their own homes) in less than 2 years. The attacks occur any time of the day, and recently, there have been executions outside kindergardens and elementary schools.
I write all of this, because in the middle of this turmoil, my family, my friends and I, have peace. A peace that surpasses all understanding. And this true peace comes from a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Without going into details, a few years ago my life was completely shattered, and could not find help nor rest in no one , or in anything. But then the Lord Jesus Christ saved me, and turned my life,and my family´s life around. Today, by His grace, I am a medical doctor, general practitioner, and, in addition to adequate medical treatment to my patients, I tell them about the Great Physician. I pray that you receive His peace and that He heals every wound, just ask Him, He loves you so! Please pray this prayer with all your heart: LORD JESUS CHRIST, I believe that you are the Son of God, who came to the world to die for my sins and save me. I ask you to forgive me for all my sins. Please come into my heart as my Lord, my Savior and my King.Please write my name in the Book of Life. I receive the gift of your Holy Spirit, who will lead me to all truth and justice.Thank you for hearing me and saving me. Thank you because your Word says that you will never leave me, nor forsake me. Thank you Lord Jesus, in your all powerful name, Amen.
I will pray for you Carrie, and I know that all will be incredibly well with you, because He loves you. Bye.
CARRIE………TOUR ENGLAND OR I’LL STOP TAKING MY ANTI DEPRESSANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THAT’D BE CREEPY BECAUSE WE’VE NEVER MET.
Sara-Jane, England
Hi Carrie: I really think you and your family are terrific! I miss your Mom, from when she was featured on “Will & Grace.” I wish it would come back on TV. I really would love an “autographed picture of you and the family.” That would be Eddie, Debbie, Todd and you, Carrie. I was promised a copy of A MAGAZINE cover with all of you pictured there. I have tried in various ways through an email first, to your brother, and various agents. But only promises. I am a recovering alcoholic of 32 years in AA. I did the various 12 step programs from OA, NA to ACOA and settled in AA. I’ve had my list of various diagnosises. I was even hit head on in my auto by a drunk driver in 1989. Over 50 surgeries and invasive procedures, therapy etc. I sit here typing to you, Carrie Fisher. I like your matter of fact quality. I remember your Dad on “Authur Godfrey.” I have an old picture of him autographed but unauthorized. One always needs a lettter of authorization these days. Scams and what not. Hey, please know you are invited to the Church of the Nazarene on the corner of Buckeye & Brookside Rds at 7pm for my 32nd anniversary of sobriety in the program. You know what we go through. You would be a great guest speaker for me! In any case, you are the greatest because of all you have been through. But it has been over two years trying to get your autograph with your family. One time the agents sent me two copies of a photo of you and ‘copy of your autograph’. What a farse! I know you were not reponsible. Your parents went through so much and now Todd you and your families are doing so much “green” good and no one hears about it. Know I will pass the word. I know your book and play or any activity of yours will be a success. Personally, I’m stuck with a condo I mortgaged to live with a partner in Sarasota FL. She was a minister and just left me because she had a dream from God telling her to do do. You know the crazy things that can happen in one’s life. It’s all incredible and people think we are nuts. Carrie thank you for telling your story. We all need to know more about depression, bi-polar disorder and addiction. Here is my address again…hope you can come to my celebartion the first Friday in February 2010 or at least send the autogrphed family picture on the magazine….Thanks for all you do in any case. I am moving to Sarasota FL and I need to sell my Macungie PAranch condo. Past this on to whomever is responsible for responding and coordinating autographs. I know you can get the three of you together. .
Maybe you visit your dad for an autograph-5665 Merion Lane Macungie PA 18062 484-661-9569 Thank you Carrie ans regards to the wonderful family. Joanie Shedlock Wielgus
Ms. Fisher,
I am a 38yr old male. I am a huge, huge, HUGE, STAR WARS Fan. I just recently checked out your book WISHFUL DRINKING by you from the Newberg Public Library, here in Newberg, OR, but have not had a chance to read it yet.
I’ve seen Episodes IV, V, & VI, I’m not sure how many times, but keep watching them over and over again. I love your style of acting, and had seen your interview with Oprah, I believe it her show, I can’t recall for sure. I know deep down in my heart, that you are a very strong willed woman, and that you will pull through this, with the best of intentions.
My thoughts and prayers are with for a strong fulfilled recovery!
Hi Carrie,
It’s Matt from January 15th (The young Star Wars Fan, whose millennium was made that very night). Anyways, Just wanted to say How AMAZING the show was, and that even If I wasn’t a part of your show, I would have still Loved It!!! But, I haven’t received any of those Lovely Pictures we took with our Hairdos, so is there anything you can do, please help me, … you’re my only hope (I’m Sorry I Had Too!!!). Anyways, hope to see you soon, and if your going to Celebration V, well see ya there
. And Thank You SOOOOO Very Much for everything you have done, both on and off the stage!
Lots Of Love,
Matt
PS
Thanks for the Book again, It just cracks me up every time I look at it.
Carrie,
Got your book on CD and was kinda cool listening to it on the way to Fresno and back to the Bay Area. hearing it in your own voice put a personal touch to the many parts of your life, so far.
I can relate to the sadness of people’s lives since I lost my wife of 36 years to cancer last summer. At 58, I have hopefully alot of years ahead but it’s different now.
Ever in the Bay Area and want to have a long time admirer take you out to a quiet dinner…
Ken
Hi Carrie,
Congratulations with the successful broadway-run of “Wishful Drinking” would love to have seen it as I have the book, however living in Sydney, Australia I just couldnt afford the airfare and ticket to see the show however I have a question:
Any chance the show was taped perhaps for a DVD release in the future, just a hopeful thought.
Also am eagerly awaiting your next book now listed on Amazon.com as “SockAholic” due out this June, believe it’s a spilling of the beans on your movie-memoirs. Cant Wait, all the very best to you, rest-up some meantime and look foward to your next post.
Sincerely a longtime Fan. xoxo