“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
“Gandalf never had this kind of problem. He had exactly this problem, actually, standing in front of the hidden Dwarf door to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
The Tolkien estate owns the writings of Professor Tolkien. 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' were sold by Professor Tolkien… — Peter Jackson 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
Tolkien was, I believe, writing about his experience in the First and Second World Wars, where he would have spent a lot… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
One thing Tolkien does incredibly well - and this is from a lay person's point of view; I am not scholar or… — Luke Evans 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
“Both [Satan and Melkor/Morgoth] are loud in their defiance, claiming that they would "rather rule in hell than serve in heaven". One… — David Day Copy Share Image
“It is a lovely language,but it takes a very long time to say anything in it,unless it is worth taking a long… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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
“But of Olórin that tale does not speak; for though he loved the Elves, he walked among them unseen, or in form… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“There were rockets like a flock of scintillating birds singing with sweet voices. There were green trees with trunks of dark smoke:… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I never liked Gandalf the White as much as Gandalf the Grey, and I never liked him coming back. I think it… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we… — J.R.R. Tolkien 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
“Tolkien came to regard the tale of Beren and Tinuviel as 'the first example of the motive (to become dominant in Hobbits)… — John Garth Copy Share Image
“And there's no sex, hardly any love stuff at all, in Middle Earth, which always made me think, yes, the world would… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
Just think about it: in every shop in the reading world since 1956, there has been two feet of book-space devoted to Tolkien. — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I think that when Tolkien created Gollum and the ring, he even expressed in his biography that he never really knew what… — Richard Armitage 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
“Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
