George S. Kaufman Quotes

The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.

I'm not hurting anybody. Comedy's all about innuendo. I'm putting it out there just like anybody else.

There is a single entendre, but I don't know about a triple one.

A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.

A lot of truth is said in jest.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

I'm not funny ha-ha, but I look for real humour in just about everything I've ever played.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I might find the funny bits.

I was the class innuendist.

Comedy, at least the way I write comedy, is just drama with jokes.

Irreverence is easy - what's hard is wit.

I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.

I like double entendre because then the people who get it enjoy it, and the people who don't get it don't know about it.

Always say 'no pun intended' to draw attention to the intended pun.

I really didn't say everything I said.

'Harvey' continues to be both a charming and hilarious play.

Woody says I can make jokes, but I don't get them - I'm always looking deeper for the meanings.

I said to the waitress, "There's a fly swimming in my soup." She said: "You've got too much soup - he should only be able to paddle."

A pun is the lowest form of humor—when you don't think of it first.

In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama.

Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.

It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius.

You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

I tend to like dry humor.