When a community theater group was caught performing one of Kaufman's
plays without permission or payment of royalties, Kaufman threatened to
send them to jail for theft. The theater director thought they didn't
need to pay royalties because, as he put it, "It's just a small,
insignificant, little theater in a small, insignificant, little town."
Kaufman's reply: "Then we'll send you all to a small, insignificant,
little jail."