Childhood Quote by Richard Armitage

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

They gutted the book, making an action movie for 15-25 year olds. Tolkien became...devoured by his popularity and absorbed by the absurdity of the…

— Christopher Tolkien

'The Lord of the Rings,' published in the mid-1950s, was intended as a prehistory to our own world. It was perceived by Tolkien to…

— Peter Jackson

I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the…

— Samantha Shannon

Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much he researched…

— Raymond Buckland

Everyone in the '80s was reading Tolkien; he invented this whole medieval fantasy genre.

— William Kircher

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

Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with…

— Sean Bean

Initially it was a fascination for Tolkienesque Fantasy, and role-playing games, with time I realized that it was the mythological elements that fascinated me…

— Varg Vikernes

I wasn't into Tolkien at school really. But the story is timeless, the themes that it touches on are contained in cultures all around…

— Billy Boyd

I think Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens have very carefully plotted 'The Hobbit' out so that it does feel like the starting point for…

— Lee Pace

The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.

— George R. R. Martin