You learn out of bitter experience, trial and error. Life teaches you that. As sincere as you all are, you can't learn it all in school.

- George Cukor

Real talent is a mystery, and people who've got it, know it.

- George Cukor

I know people who say Hollywood broke her heart, and all that, but I dont believe it. She was very observant and tough minded and appealing, but she …

- George Cukor

I suppose they call me a womans director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed …

- George Cukor

It is reassuring for people to feel they have a boss, someone who knows the answers and has charted the course.

- George Cukor

When it goes wrong, you feel like cutting your throat, but you go on. You don't let anything get you down so much that it beats you or stops you.

- George Cukor

You can always land on your feet if you know where the ground is.

- George Cukor

Unless the story line carries the scenes, the scenes don't really mean anything.

- George Cukor

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.

- George Cukor