“We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumb...” — Natalie Babbitt Quote

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

“The first two books that I did by myself were long stories in verse. I knew I could do that because I'd written a lot in verse. But, verse stories are hard to sell, so my editor encouraged me to try writing in prose.”

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

“I'm not trying to be self-serving, but you know, you get to Hollywood, and if you want to make something big and loud and dumb, it's pretty easy. It's very hard to go down there and make a film like 'Sideways,' which I thought was a great film. They don't want to make films like that anymore, even though that film was very successful.”

“You can tell a dumb guy a mile away.”

“On their own merits modest men are dumb.”