CLOSE Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the 'Star Wars' saga, has passed away. The 'Star Wars' actress suffered a heart attack on a flight Friday. She was taken to a hospital in L.A. where she died four days later. USA TODAY 
 
 Carrie Fisher signed copies of her latest book, 'The Princess Diarist,' at a Los Angeles event in November. (Photo: Paul Archuleta, FilmMagic) 
 
 Carrie Fisher is most widely known for her turn as Princess Leia in the hugely popular Star Wars films, but the daughter of two entertainers — actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher — was also an acclaimed author renowned for her trenchant wit. 
 
 The following is a sampling of memorable lines attributed to Fisher, who died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack during a Dec. 23 flight from London to Los Angeles. 
 
 From Twitter: 
 
 "If my life wasn't funny, it would just be true, and that is unacceptable." (2011) 
 
 "There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed." (2014) 
 
 From Fisher's 1987 semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards From the Edge: 
 
 "Instant gratification takes too long." 
 
 “I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.” 
 
 “Actually, I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavior.” 
 
 “Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line.” 
 
 “You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?” 
 
 “Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery, only I'm the bread.” 
 
 “My inner world seems largely to consist of three rotating emotions: embarrassment, rage, and tension. Sometimes I feel excited, but I think that's just positive tension.” 
 
 From her 2008 memoir, Wishful Drinking: 
 
 “Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.” 
 
 “I feel I'm very sane about how crazy I am.” 
 
 “No motive is pure. No one is good or bad — but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.” 
 
 “I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!” 
 
 “Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything … I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?” 
 
 From her new memoir, The Princess Diarist: 
 
 “Vultures are difficult to charm unless you’re off somewhere rotting in the noonday sun. Casually rotting … a glib cadaver.” 
 
 “Someone has to stand still for you to love them. My choices are always on the run.” 
 
 “I act like someone in a bomb shelter trying to raise everyone’s spirits.” 
 
 “Movies were meant to stay on the screen, flat and large and colorful, gathering you up into their sweep of story, carrying you rollicking along to the end, then releasing you back into your unchanged life. But this movie (Star Wars) misbehaved. It leaked out of the theater, poured off the screen, affected a lot of people so deeply that they required endless talismans and artifacts to stay connected to it.” 
 
 Sources: Goodreads.com, USA TODAY research 
 
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 When I first saw Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in 1977's "Star Wars: A New Hope," she was fresh-faced and full of confidence and witty comebacks for the roguish rake Han Solo. 
 
 She didn't suffer fools gladly and she often battled Stormtroopers better than the fellas. She killed Jabba the Hutt with a chain, for crying out loud. 
 
 She was the perfect geek girl role model because she was no damsel in distress. Inspired by her, I wore my hair in Princess Leia buns in elementary school yearbook photos. 
 
 But Fisher, who died Tuesday at 60 after suffering a heart attack last week, impacted my life in much bigger ways than my childhood hairdo. And she was so much more than just a Star Wars icon. 
 
 She battled her own personal demons with courage and honesty. She gained strength and insight from her battles with drug and alcohol addiction and bipolar disorder and wrote about these struggles with wit in her memoirs and semi-autobiographical novels -- "Postcards from the Edge," "Wishful Drinking" and most recently, "The Princess Diarist." 
 
 I finally sought therapy to deal with depression after reading about her own mental health struggles. Her memoirs inspired me to write more personal essays. 
 
 In addition to her popular books, Fisher had a successful career as a script doctor during the '90s, working on such films as "Hook," "Sister Act," "Lethal Weapon 3" and "The Wedding Singer." 
 
 Since script doctors are rarely, if ever, credited on the films they save, many fans don't even realize the impact Fisher had on their favorite movies that don't involve lightsaber battles. Even Entertainment Weekly referred to Fisher as "one of the most sought after doctors in town." 
 
 I took screenwriting classes because I wanted to learn skills that Fisher had clearly put to good use as a script doctor. 
 
 Of course, Fisher is best known as Princess Leia from the Star Wars films, but she her acting went way beyond a galaxy far, far away. She made her mark acting in some stellar comedies including "Shampoo," "The Blues Brothers," "The Man with One Red Shoe," "Hannah and Her Sisters," "The 'Burbs" and "When Harry Met Sally." 
 
 Fisher also appeared on numerous popular TV series including "Sex in the City," "The Big Bang Theory," "Entourage," "Family Guy," "Robot Chicken," "30 Rock," "Weeds," "Smallville" and "Frasier," to name a few. 
 
 When I worked at Lucasfilm as a senior editor for the website StarWars.com, I was always honored when my path intersected with Fisher. Sometimes I'd be asked to walk her to panels at San Diego Comic-Con, or just make sure fans didn't get too unruly waiting in line for her autograph. 
 
 One of my favorite memories of Fisher is the time a twenty-something hipster came up to her at one of her Comic-Con signings and demanded she write something unique and personal on a photo of Fisher dressed in her iconic Slave Leia metal bikini. She winked and wrote, "Bite me." 
 
 She always had a funny quip or story and was thrilled when fans would lavish her beloved dog Gary -- who she took with her everywhere -- with love and affection. 
 
 Fisher didn't just pave the way for more beloved female Star Wars characters like Rey ("The Force Awakens") and Jyn Erso ("Rogue One") to inspire a new generation of fans, she also made me proud to be a geek girl who spoke her mind and went after her dreams no matter what challenges life threw my way. And for that I will always be grateful. 
 
 She will be missed, but her Force will be strong in my memory, always. ||||| Image copyright AP Image caption Debbie Reynolds (left) with her daughter and fellow actress Carrie Fisher 
 
 Debbie Reynolds, who starred opposite Gene Kelly in the 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain, has died a day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. 
 
 The US actress, 84, had been rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke. 
 
 Her son, Todd Fisher, said the stress of his sister's death had been too much for her and in her last words, she had said she wanted to be with Carrie. 
 
 US actress Bette Midler said Reynolds was "devoted to her craft" and that her death was "too hard to comprehend". 
 
 Actress Debra Messing said Reynolds, her on-screen mother in sitcom Will and Grace, had been an "inspiration". 
 
 "A legend of course," she wrote in a statement. "The epitome of clean-cut American optimism, dancing with Gene Kelly as an equal, a warrior woman who never stopped working.'' 
 
 Actor Rip Torn, who worked with Reynolds in her Las Vegas stage show, said: "I was blessed to work with this remarkable woman for 45 almost 50 years. That makes for a very rare bond and unique relationship. 
 
 "She was generous to a fault, never caring who got the laugh from the audience. I will always love her." 
 
 Veteran comic actress Carol Channing agreed: "She was beautiful and generous. It seems like only yesterday she was having lunch here at the house and we were discussing the possibility of working together in a new show." 
 
 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Carrie Fisher tells Debbie Reynolds, "I love you momma" 
 
 For Star Trek actor William Shatner, Reynolds was one of the last of the Hollywood royalty. 
 
 "It breaks my heart that she is gone," he wrote. "I'd hoped that my grieving was done for 2016. 
 
 Reynolds had been at her son's house in Beverly Hills - apparently discussing the arrangements for Carrie Fisher's funeral - when she was taken ill. 
 
 She was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre suffering from breathing difficulties and her death was confirmed a few hours later. It is thought she suffered a stroke. 
 
 Carrie Fisher, renowned for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, had died aged 60 the day before, after spending three days in a Los Angeles hospital. 
 
 She never regained consciousness after suffering a massive heart attack on board a flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday. 
 
 Speaking to the Associated Press news agency about his mother, Todd said: "She's now with Carrie and we're all heartbroken.'' 
 
 Celebrity news site TMZ reported that Reynolds cracked while discussing plans for Carrie's funeral with her son, telling him: "I miss her so much; I want to be with Carrie." 
 
 Can you die from a broken heart? By Stephen Evans, BBC News 
 
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 Some people talk about "broken heart syndrome", known more formally as stress cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy. According to the British Heart Foundation, it is a "temporary condition where your heart muscle becomes suddenly weakened or stunned. The left ventricle, one of the heart's chambers, changes shape." 
 
 It can be brought on by a shock. "About three quarters of people diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy have experienced significant emotional or physical stress prior to becoming unwell," the charity says. 
 
 This stress might be bereavement but it could be a shock of another kind. There are documented cases of people suffering the condition after being frightened by colleagues pulling a prank, or suffering the stress of speaking to a large group of people. It's speculated that the sudden release of hormones - in particular, adrenaline - causes the stunning of the heart muscle. 
 
 This is different from a heart attack, which is a stopping of the heart because the blood supply is constricted, perhaps by clogged arteries. 
 
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 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption "Funny and vital": Fans in Hollywood mourn Debbie Reynolds 
 
 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Singin' in the Rain guaranteed Reynolds Hollywood legend status 
 
 Reynolds was leading lady in a succession of major Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1950s and 60s. 
 
 She rose to stardom with Singin' in the Rain, at the age of only 19. 
 
 She received a best actress Academy Award nomination for the 1964 musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 
 
 Her other films included 1973 animated film Charlotte's Web, in which she provided the voice for the eponymous spider. 
 
 In 2015 she was given a lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild. The award was presented to her by her daughter. 
 
 Reynolds married singer Eddie Fisher in 1955 and had two children, Carrie and Todd. The couple divorced in 1959 after news emerged of his affair with movie star Elizabeth Taylor. 
 
 Reynolds married twice more. 
 
 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Reynolds (left) had a complex relationship with her daughter Carrie Fisher [pictured in 1972] 
 
 The actress has a sometimes strained relationship with her actress daughter, who wrote about it in her semi-autobiographical novel Postcards from the Edge. 
 
 The pair stopped speaking to each other for many years but became closer later in life. 
 
 In an interview last month with US radio network NPR, Fisher said her mother was "an immensely powerful woman" whom she admired "very much". 
 
 As people gathered to pay their respects to the actress at Hollywood's Walk of Fame, one couple, Jose and Daniela Barrera, appeared to speak for many after a year marked by celebrity deaths. 
 
 "It's just, you know, a sad time I guess," Jose told the Reuters news agency. "With the closing of the year and so many deaths in the year, it's just sad." 
 
 "It was so sad," added Daniela. "It was a shocker. I mean, what were the odds of this happening? It was incredible finding out, sad." ||||| Actor Carrie Fisher was best known for playing Princess Leia in Star Wars, but she also left a legacy as an advocate for removing the stigma surrounding mental illness, changing minds by opening up about her own struggle with depression and bipolar disorder. 
 
 Fisher, who died Tuesday after suffering a heart attack days earlier, had a long history of drug abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. She turned that experience into the comic novel Postcards From the Edge. In the 1990s, she opened up about her diagnosis with bipolar disorder and her experiences with depression. 
 
 “I used to think I was a drug addict, pure and simple — just someone who could not stop taking drugs willfully,” Fisher told Diane Sawyer in 1995. “And I was that. But it turns out that I am severely manic depressive.” 
 
 Many have credited Fisher’s openness with breaking down stigma over mental health issues, and the topic was on the top of the minds of many of her admirers following her death. ||||| Carrie Fisher arrives at the European premiere of “The Force Awakens” in London. (Paul Hackett/Reuters) 
 
 The first “Star Wars” installment in a decade has largely been met with jubilation, not least because Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher have reprised their classic roles as Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess — ahem, General — Leia. Yet some longtime fans were stuck on a detail that shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone: 
 
 The actors have aged. 
 
 Or, to zone in on the preoccupation, Fisher has aged — and allegedly “not well.” 
 
 What this means is anyone’s guess. When the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds appeared on the big screen in “Return of the Jedi” wearing nothing more than a gold bikini, she instantly became the star of many a teenager’s fantasies. But that was more than three decades ago, and Fisher is now 59 years old. 
 
 Not to mention, the latest iteration of Princess Leia is ostensibly no less formidable than the character that fans remember. She commands an entire resistance movement, after all, and manages to do so while remaining devoted to her family. 
 
 Yet, discussion of Fisher’s weight has abated little since “The Force Awakens” premiered earlier this month. The actress, known these days for her wry repartee and Instagram-famous dog, shot back at her critics on Tuesday. 
 
 Please stop debating about whetherOR not👁aged well.unfortunately it hurts all3 of my feelings.My BODY hasnt aged as well as I have.Blow us👌🏼 — Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 29, 2015 
 
 My body is my brain bag, it hauls me around to those places & in front of faces where theres something to say or see pic.twitter.com/T2TXiEyl17 — Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 29, 2015 
 
 Youth&BeautyR/NOT ACCOMPLISHMENTS,theyre theTEMPORARY happy/BiProducts/of Time&/or DNA/Dont Hold yourBreath4either/ifUmust holdAir/takeGarys — Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 30, 2015 
 
 She also retweeted comments from supporters, including one who said, “Men don’t age better than women, they’re just allowed to age.” Another posted an image mimicking the “Star Wars” marquee opening that reads: “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….Someone else might have given a f—k.” 
 
 Fisher let a couple of her dissenters have their say on her feed, too. She retweeted one “TomRoberts983a” who said, “So you want the money & adulation that comes with being a famous actor but not the criticism. Whoever told you life was fair?” 
 
 This is the latest in a string of comments Fisher has recently made about being an older woman in Hollywood. In the first week of December, she lamented both that she had to lose weight for “The Force Awakens” and that it’s difficult for actress over 40 to find work. 
 
 “They don’t want to hire all of me – only about three-quarters!” Fisher told Good Housekeeping, which reported that the actress was “pressured” to lose 35 pounds. “Nothing changes, it’s an appearance-driven thing. I’m in a business where the only thing that matters is weight and appearance. That is so messed up. They might as well say get younger, because that’s how easy it is.” 
 
 Her co-star Hamill, 64, told Rolling Stone that he also had to diet for his role. 
 
 [Carrie Fisher ‘was pressured’ to lose 35 lbs. for new ‘Star Wars’ movie] 
 
 A few days later, Fisher told Good Morning America’s Amy Robach that there was no question of whether she would return to “Star Wars.” 
 
 “I’m a female in Hollywood over the age of, let’s say, 40. We could also say 50,” she said. “You don’t have to ask if you want to work at that age.” 
 
 With the exception of Meryl Streep, 66, and Halle Berry, 49, middle-aged women and older are underrepresented in entertainment. 
 
 According to The Washington Post’s Danielle Paquette, the 100 top-grossing films of 2014 starred no women over 45. A University of Southern California analysis found that actresses of all ages were “dramatically outnumbered” by men in movies — a state of affairs likely reinforced by Hollywood’s predominantly male writers, directors and casting directors. 
 
 Who are the people criticizing Fisher for her appearance in “The Force Awakens”? If Twitter is any indication, they are, by and large, men. 
 
 Carrie Fisher is this angry, Loud mouth , fat woman now . — Dennis (@cublion) December 14, 2015 
 
 Princess Leia got fat — ManJuggs (@ManJuggs) December 18, 2015 
 
 In response to these opinions, one user pointed out that double standards of physique exist not only between men and women, but also women and robots. 
 
 They made Carrie Fisher drop all that weight for Star Wars yet the new droid gets to be a fat round ball. #starwars #forceawakens #blubber — Michael Gelbart (@MichaelGelbart) December 3, 2015 
 
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 While the majority of Hollywood relies on a select handful of publicists to procure the same five designers for their red carpet events, Carrie Fisher did it like she did everything: by her damn self. It must have been funny to her to have been such an icon of the silver screen, and also a writer in a world that tends to Hollywoodize even the most unglamorous and solitary of professions, which is how we get, say, Meryl Streep playing Susan Orlean as immaculate and intellectual and in crisp white shirts to match the garden of freakin’ oleanders around her like a halo. 
 
 
 
 Carrie Fisher wasn’t like that! She dressed for the part of herself exclusively, and it was wonderful. Her best accessory was Gary, her little dog with the uncontrollably wagging tongue, whom she toted everywhere, including late-night appearances—he wasn’t just her best friend, he was her therapy dog, too, a reminder of her fallibility and of our own. But also, his presence was a reminder of the way she consistently bucked convention; at Cannes in May, for instance, she not only flouted its notoriously sexist high-heel mandate for women by donning oxfords and a sensible tweed with a tulip skirt, she doubled down with Gary (and Fisher Stevens, who co-directed her Debbie Reynolds documentary) getting comfortable on the carpet. The French surely blanched; I hope Gary shed a little. 
 
 Fisher’s own writerly looks were generally quirky-sensible with a bit of glam; at the New York Film Festival, she paired eggplant with eggplant, a long scarf and fur atop that; at ComicCon in August, her snake-print cardigan added brightness to sleek black, and her embellished sneakers were a chic topper—they could have been Prada, or Dior, or Donna Karan, or Christopher Kane. 
 
 At the EE British Film Academy Awards, she spoke to us through her handbag and a swathe of painterly stripes; at the premiere of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, with daughter Billie Lourd, she went as a proper schoolgirl, tweed and knee-highs; her The Force Awakens premiere look was crystalline and velvet like a royal would, but she also found time on the carpet to mock standard red-carpet posing, one leg cannily in front of the other, lips pursed. 
 
 At the premiere of Vacation, a statement dress, and a selfie. 
 
 
 
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 And one of the most iconic fashion moments on television of the past ten years happened at Roseanne Barr’s Comedy Central Roast: she wore a brown pantsuit, tinted eyeglasses, and puffed an e-cig for the duration. And she was funnier than any of the professional comedians on the lineup. 
 
 A Michaelangelo-print blouse; full-body scarf; a silk robe for a pajama party in support of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. Every choice was made with whimsy, and to be unmistakably herself. 
 
 And finally, with her mother Debbie Reynolds in a smart patterned blazer as a young girl, proving that she’s maintained this personal flair her whole life. 
 
 Goodnight to a true queen. ||||| Star Wars creator George Lucas is mourning the death of his longtime friend and leading lady Carrie Fisher. 
 
 “Carrie and I have been friends most of our adult lives,” he said in a statement to PEOPLE. “She was extremely smart; a talented actress, writer and comedienne with a very colorful personality that everyone loved. In Star Wars she was our great and powerful princess – feisty, wise and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think.” 
 
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 “My heart and prayers are with Billie, Debbie and all Carrie’s family, friends and fans. She will be missed by all,” the statement concludes. 
 
 Fisher, 60, was aboard an 11-hour flight from London to Los Angeles on Friday when she went into cardiac arrest. Paramedics removed her from the flight and rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for a heart attack. She later died in the hospital. 
 
 Since her death, other members of the famous franchise have paid tribute to Fisher’s life and legacy. 
 
 “Carrie was one-of-a-kind…brilliant, original,” Harrison Ford said in a statement to PEOPLE. “Funny and emotionally fearless. She lived her life, bravely…My thoughts are with her daughter Billie, her mother Debbie, her brother Todd, and her many friends. We will all miss her.” 
 
 Her onscreen brother Mark Hamill, on the other hand, was speechless about the heartbreaking news of Fisher’s death: “No words #Devastated,” the actor tweeted alongside a photo of the two during their Star Wars years. 
 
 After him, several other Star Wars alums shared messages of love for Fisher on Twitter — including the actor who played Chewbacca. 
 
 There are no words for this loss. Carrie was the brightest light in every room she entered. I will miss her dearly. pic.twitter.com/GgIeYGeMt9 — Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) December 27, 2016 
 
 “There are no words for this loss,” said Peter Mayhew. “Carrie was the brightest light in every room she entered. I will miss her dearly.” ||||| Carrie Fisher’s death could be a windfall for Disney. 
 
 The entertainment company, the distributor of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and the next two films in the franchise, could receive $50 million thanks to an insurance policy the company took out in the event Fisher was unable to fulfill her three-film contract. 
 
 It’s set to be the largest single personal accident insurance claim payout ever, according to Insurance Insider. 
 
 Fisher reprised her career-making role of Princess Leia from the original 1977 “Star Wars” flick for the new trilogy. “The Force Awakens,” released in December 2015, made $2.068 billion at the box office worldwide. 
 
 Filming on “Episode VIII” was already complete at the time of Fisher’s death on Dec. 27 at the age of 60, after she suffered a heart attack aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles. 
 
 Fisher was due to appear in “Episode IX,” forcing the film’s creators to either rewrite the plot or possibly use visual effects to insert her in the film. The latter was implemented for “Rogue One,” in which the late Peter Cushing reprised his role as Grand Moff Tarkin. 
 
 It’s unclear if a similar insurance policy was taken out on Fisher’s co-star, Mark Hamill. 
 
 An autopsy Friday determined Fisher’s cause of death was “not obvious” and that further testing will be required, TMZ reported. 
 
 Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, passed away the day after her daughter’s death. She was 84 years old. 
 
 Hamill gave his first extended interview after the mother-daughter pair’s passing, calling the two “mothering types, both opinionated and determined.” 
 
 “I can’t think of [Fisher] in the past tense. I think of her in the present tense, in the future tense,” Hamill told Entertainment Weekly. “I’m angry and so sad.”
– Carrie Fisher died at the age of 60 Tuesday, four days after suffering a major heart attack. Here's how the world is saying goodbye to the writer, actress, and mental-health advocate who will always be Princess Leia to millions: Calling it the "best morning show interview you'll ever see," Digg shares a clip of Fisher appearing with therapy dog Gary on Good Morning America to promote The Force Awakens. "Even the film crew can't stop laughing." Us Magazine remembers Fisher through photos from her life. Vanity Fair remembers when Fisher, in her one-woman show Wishful Drinking, explained why she's not wearing underwear in A New Hope, the answer to which explains why she wanted her obituary to read: "I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra." Celebrities of all stripes are eulogizing Fisher, and io9 is updating a massive list of their tributes to her, including the following from Steven Spielberg: "She didn't need the Force; she was a force of nature." Meanwhile, Jezebel argues Fisher was an unexpected style icon, who recently angered the French by wearing flats and bringing Gary on the Cannes red carpet. "She dressed for the part of herself exclusively, and it was wonderful." Speaking of Gary, NPR says "it's impossible to miss the buoyant personalities of both Fishers" in a recent interview. "He sits with me on the plane," Fisher says. "Frequently, he sits in the chair, and I sit on the ground." CNN has a list of seven things you didn't know about Fisher, including that she's a prolific and well-regarded script doctor, having improved the scripts for Sister Act and Hook, among many others, while also punching up her own Star Wars dialogue. Time has a short piece on Fisher's position as a highly visible advocate for destigmatizing mental illness, having openly discussed her struggles with depression and bipolar disorder. “No motive is pure. No one is good or bad—but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away," USA Today quotes Fisher as saying in a list of her best quotes. Finally, Cnet has a personal remembrance of Fisher from a former Lucasfilm employee: "One of my favorite memories of Fisher is the time a twentysomething hipster came up to her at one of her Comic-Con signings and demanded she write something unique and personal on a photo of Fisher dressed in her iconic Slave Leia metal bikini. She winked and wrote, 'Bite me.'"