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
