Author: Natalie Babbitt

Quotes

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

- Natalie Babbitt

I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.

I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.

- Natalie Babbitt

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!

My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!

- Natalie Babbitt

We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.

We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.

- Natalie Babbitt

I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.

I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school.

- Natalie Babbitt

I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.

I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.

- Natalie Babbitt

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