There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.

- Ian Mckellen

Authors as diverse as Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and J. R. R. Tolkien have shaped modern paganism as greatly as any theological underpinnings.

- Liz Williams

'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

Tolkien didn't just write 'The Hobbit,' he created a whole world.

- Peter Hambleton

I think that when Tolkien created Gollum and the ring, he even expressed in his biography that he never really knew what he created until he went back and looked at it.

- Richard C. Armitage

I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

- Ralph Bakshi