Lawyers-they get together all day and say to each other, "What can we postpone next?" The only thing they don't postpone, of course, is their bill, which arrives regularly. You've heard about the man who got the bill from his… — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there. — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
“I didn’t like the play, but than I saw it under adverse conditions – the curtain was up. ” — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
“Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff: Penny, why don't you write a play about Ism-Mania? Penny Sycamore: Ism-Mania? Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff: Yeah, sure, you know, Communism, Faschism, Voodoo-ism, everybody's got an -ism these days. Penny Sycamore: Oh [laughs] Penny Sycamore: I thought it was some kind of itch or something. Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff: Well, it's just as catching. When things go a little… — George S. Kaufman Copy Share
Lawyers-they get together all day and say to each other, "What can we postpone next?" The only thing they don't postpone, of course, is… — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine. — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one. — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
“(Popular singer Eddie Fisher, appearing on This is Show Business, told Kaufman that women refused to date him because he looked so young.) Mr.… — George S. Kaufman Copy Share Image
