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> [I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through transference, into the Jewish Girl in New York situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-read-a-lot-of-those-single-girl-in-new-york-books-like-fear-of/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

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## More by Charles Busch

> [I always tend to say "no" to everything, but now I've decided to say "yes" to everything. Now, I'm doing all sorts of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-always-tend-to-say-no-to-everything-but-now-i-ve-decided-to-say-yes/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I took many notes, more than usual before I sat down and wrote Act One, Scene One. I had perhaps eighty pages of notes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-took-many-notes-more-than-usual-before-i-sat-down-and-wrote-act-one/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [It's more interesting to put yourself in the place of Bette Davis than Irene Dunne, I guess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/it-s-more-interesting-to-put-yourself-in-the-place-of-bette-davis/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I grew up with "Follies." I saw it when I was fifteen. It was the original production, and of course, that production will never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-grew-up-with-follies-i-saw-it-when-i-was-fifteen-it-was-the/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I'm writing the book to a children's musical. I got a note from the producers saying, "Can't you make it campier?" So now, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-m-writing-the-book-to-a-children-s-musical-i-got-a-note-from-the/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [The story of Judith. But one of the reasons I'm doing it is because the roles I've been writing for myself over the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/the-story-of-judith-but-one-of-the-reasons-i-m-doing-it-is-because/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I don't think I could ever go to Auschwitz, because when we took that tour of MGM, I nearly collapsed outside the Thalberg building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-don-t-think-i-could-ever-go-to-auschwitz-because-when-we-took-that/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [ At fifteen, it \[ "Follies"\] didn't have any kind of resonance with me, this show about regret and middle age. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/at-fifteen-it-follies-didn-t-have-any-kind-of-resonance-with-me-this/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [There's a real fantasy quotient to my work. Any play that I've written for myself to perform in basically begins with the idea, "Wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/there-s-a-real-fantasy-quotient-to-my-work-any-play-that-i-ve-written/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I stole that from Vito Russo. He said he was a devout believer in Judyism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-stole-that-from-vito-russo-he-said-he-was-a-devout-believer-in/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I read a lot of those Single Girl in New York books, like "Fear of Flying," where you could sort of put yourself, through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-read-a-lot-of-those-single-girl-in-new-york-books-like-fear-of/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [ I had two chances to fail \[working for Disney\]. The first one, they said was "too juvenile." The second one was,they give you general… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-had-two-chances-to-fail-working-for-disney-the-first-one-they-said/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I wish somebody would just give me a couple of million dollars a year, so that I could do a play based on every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-wish-somebody-would-just-give-me-a-couple-of-million-dollars-a-year/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-ve-always-wanted-to-do-something-where-i-aged-a-lot-went-from-young/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

> [ I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for \[Stephen\] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-busch/i-saw-follies-again-at-thirty-and-you-know-i-had-this-great/)

[Charles Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-busch/)

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