Wishful Drinking: Carrie Fisher

by Carrie Fisher

Samuel Johnson once said that remarrying (and he’s not talking about marrying the same person here, just remarrying) is the “triumph of hope over experience.”

You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously.

had in no way intended to risk my life. I just wanted to turn the sound down and smooth all of my sharp corners. Block out the dreadfully noisy din of not being good enough—

the Ava Gardner Rescue Squad (good title for a rock band)

“Cry all you want, you’ll pee less!”