Alive Quote by Bear McCreary

I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.

— Philip Reeve

I loved Tolkien and I loved 'Star Wars,' which was the first memory that I have being in a movie theater. And, of course,…

— Travis Knight

I read 'The Hobbit' while at school. It was OK; can't really remember too much from there, other than the fact I was 10!…

— Mark Hadlow

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always…

— Sean Bean

'The Hobbit' by J. R. R. Tolkien was the first book I enjoyed. I was 14 and when I finished I started it again.

— Nigel Lythgoe

The book of 'The Hobbit' was given to me to read by a friend of my mother when I was about 12 years old:…

— Conan Stevens

Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It…

— Richard Paul Evans

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

— George Pelecanos

I loved movies ever since I was a kid.

— Roger Deakins

I was fascinated by movies from age 12.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

I could read at a very early age and I loved stories, losing myself in stories, novels.

— Heather Donahue

As a kid books changed how I looked at the world and helped me understand things. Books still deepen me and open my heart.

— Kate DiCamillo