“On Tolkien: "His fussiness threatened to overwhelm his creativity.” — Alister E. McGrath Copy Share Image
But Tolkien doesn't ask the question: What was Aragorn's tax policy? — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Tolkien’s Dwarves were stout, taciturn, vaguely magical characters who spent a lot of time in the dark hammering out beautiful things, e.g.… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Tolkien was influenced by South Africa when he was writing 'Lord of the Rings.' It's really epic scenery. — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien was the first book I enjoyed. I was 14 and when I finished I started… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
Authors as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and J. R. R. Tolkien have shaped modern paganism as greatly as any theological… — Liz Williams Copy Share Image
“Smeagol won't grub for roots and carrotses and - taters. What's taters,precious, eh, what's taters?" "Po-ta-toes!" said Sam.” — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession. — John Howe Copy Share Image
Most fantasy is incredibly derivative of Tolkien, so when you read a lot of fantasy, it's really just elves and gnomes, and… — John Orloff Copy Share Image
Tolkien fans reacted so strongly to 'Lord Of The Rings' as a franchise because it stayed true; the heart of it was… — William Kircher Copy Share Image
I think that's what good writing is all about. You go into a genre to talk about other things. Tolkein created a… — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
“Beginning with Bilbo's unexpected party in chapter 1 with its tea, seed-cakes, buttered scones, apple-tarts, mince-pies, cheese, eggs, cold chicken, pickles, beer,… — Devin Brown Copy Share Image
Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much… — Raymond Buckland Copy Share Image
The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole process of… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“No ideologues, not even religious ones, are going to be happy with Tolkien, unless they manage it by misreading him. For like… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Tolkien would play a crucial role in Lewis’s conversion to Christianity, while Lewis would be the decisive voice in persuading Tolkien to… — Joseph Loconte Copy Share Image
“Like his fellow genius, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis has redefined the nature of fantasy, adding richness beauty, and dimension... In our times, every… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
“If you like fantasy and you want to be the next Tolkien, don’t read big Tolkienesque fantasies — Tolkien didn’t read big… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“There’s no two ways about it, Tolkien fans are a funny bunch. I should know, for I was one of them. Been… — Anthony Lane Copy Share Image
The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity… — Christopher Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Tolkien captures the mood we will have when we at last awaken to that day, when Sam wakes up after completing his… — Patrick Davis Copy Share Image
“This is surely the most significant of the elements that Tolkien brought to fantasy… his arranged marriage between the Elder Edda and… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
“When I say "narrative", I do not mean simply the plot, I mean considerably more. Plots and their shapes--the bare outlines of… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
As long as I'm dealing in honesty, I may as well admit that I have been more influenced (as a person) by… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
“There were two books I remember changing my life as a introverted, bookish 14 year old. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and… — Christopher Odell Homsley Copy Share Image
“...With a religious book it is less what we see in it than what we see through it that matters. J. R.… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
“You wanna be the next Tolkien? Don't read big, tolkien-esque fantasies. TOLKIEN didn't read big, tolkien-esque fantasies. He read books on finnish… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Bilbo’s Last Song Day is ended, dim my eyes, But journey long before me lies. Farewell, friends! I hear the call. The… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is… — Humphrey Carpenter Copy Share Image
“My interview was mostly conducted by Hugo Dyson, an Oxford ‘character’, known for his wit. I always found him alarming. He was… — John Carey Copy Share Image
“J. R. R. Tolkien, the near-universally-hailed father of modern epic fantasy, crafted his magnum opus The Lord of the Rings to explore… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Gandalf and Pippin came to Merry's room, and there they found Aragorn standing by the bed. 'Poor old Merry!' cried Pippin, and… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“You truly are the most astonishingly beautiful hobbit I’ve ever seen,” he said, and Tamsyn froze. “Hobbit??” “Um, yes?” he said, and… — Erica Dakin Copy Share Image
