Carrie Fisher on art

I slept with some nerd. I hope it was George [Lucas]. I took too many drugs to remember.

I have to start by telling you that my entire existence can be summed up in one phrase. And that is: If my life wasn’t funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

If music be the food of love, play on.

William Shakespeare1564–1616Twelfth Night (1601), Act I, scene i.In context

• Love
• Music

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Robert Frost1874–1963

• Poetry

Music makes one feel so romantic⁠—at least it always gets on one’s nerves⁠—which is the same thing nowadays.

Oscar Wilde1854–1900

• Love
• Music