Book Quote by Jo Walton

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

The thing about Tolkien, about The Lord of the Rings, is that it's perfect. It's this whole world, this whole process of immersion, this…

— Jo Walton

I read a lot of books. I read because it inspires me and shows me paths that I could never imagine. Sometimes those paths…

— Harper Reed

Before my teens, my contemporaries were reading Tolkien and were absorbed by his works, but try as I might, I could not be drawn…

— Michael Portillo

I think 'The Lord of the Rings' holds perhaps a deeper place in people's hearts than 'The Hobbit' the book does.

— Elijah Wood

If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.

— J. K. Rowling

Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in…

— Billy Boyd

I'm a huge fan of Tolkien. I read those books when I was in junior high school and high school, and they had a…

— George R. R. Martin

I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous…

— Ian Mckellen

When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the author of…

— Mary Steenburgen

I would not want to forget the first time I read The Lord of the Rings. I would never want to forget that! That…

— Sharon Cameron

A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I…

— Henry David Thoreau