George Cukor Quotes
From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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In his enigmatic and cunning story 'The Crown of Feathers,' Isaac Bashevis Singer refuses to produce uncontradictory evidence of God's will but rather mixes all signals, jams the evidence, stalls every conclusion.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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When clients come to my design agency and say 'I want to be the Apple of this or that,' we say 'Okay, are you ready to be the Steve Jobs?' Few are up to the task.
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I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.
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My legs are really long and that's cool apparently, but I'm totally klutzy. I mean, I'm like Bambi. I fall all over myself because I can't control my arms and my really long legs.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
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At the heart of every story is conflict - whether external or internal, make it a good one, and remember that this problem is going to shape your character, leaving her forever changed.
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I can't see any great evidence that humans have any ability to access anything other than the material world. Beyond that, who knows, but there's no good evidence that would take me to any particular belief.
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For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us.
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The IFP is here to put into practice what we preach.
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From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.
