Adult Quote by Peter Jackson

I grew up actually reading 'The Hobbit,' not 'The Lord of the Rings.' I loved 'The Hobbit' growing up.

— Elijah Wood

“This is one of the chief differences between a child's experience of a favorite book and an educated adult's. For the adult, a book…

— Laura Miller

There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and most kids…

— Terry Pratchett

There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for…

— Michael Morpurgo

“children were still young of inventing and telling orally, sometimes of writing down, ‘children’s stories’ for their private amusement… The Hobbit was intended to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

— Mitch Hedberg

My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.

— Lev Grossman

'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

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

— Elijah Wood

I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My father, who…

— Ken Stott

The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien,…

— Ian Mckellen

“I hope, that in the days, and weeks, and years to come, the question of where the dividing lines between adult and children’s fiction…

— Neil Gaiman