Now it's dedicated to my grandparents and to both of my parents. The first book was dedicated to my mother so I thought maybe it was my father's turn, but then I realized that everyone would jump on that and assume I'd had some falling out with my mother, which is absolutely not the case.

I enjoy taking jobs that make fun of me - or me as Princess Leia, or me as the writer, or whatever, as some idea.

Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.

For Star Wars, they had me tape down my breasts because there are no breasts in space. I have some. I have two.

Never love for me, only obsession. Someone has to stand still for you to love them. My choices are always on the run.

Ambition is exhausting. It makes you friends with people for the wrong reasons, just like drugs.

I mean, for years [my father] would been doing everything imaginable ... from speed to downers to you name it. I used to call that "changing seats on the Titanic," and I used to say that I myself was not only changing seats on the Titanic but dating the crew.