George S. Kaufman - biography

“At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that’s better than an absent one is a dead one.”

“Epitaph for a dead waiter - God finally caught his eye.”

“When I invite a woman to dinner, I expect her to look at my face.  That’s the price she has to pay.”

“The kind of doctor I want is one who when he’s not examining me is home studying medicine.”

“I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.”

“I understand your new play is full of single entendres.”

“Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch.”

“Satire is what closes on Saturday night.”

“When I was born I owed twelve dollars.”

George S. Kaufman contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
To the Ladies (1923)
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Animal Crackers (1930)
The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
Once in a Lifetime (1932)
The Tenderfoot (1932)
Make Me a Star (1932)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Riffraff (1936)
You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
An Angel from Texas (1940)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
The Late George Apley (1947)
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Brain Donors (1992)