J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

I'd got hobbits on my hands hadn't I?

Strangely enough, the first time I tried to read [The Lord of the Rings] I was on holiday in Florida. I dropped it in the pool my first day there. If that's not a Pippin thing to do, I don't know what is.

I don't feel any guilt complex about The Lord of the Rings.

When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie.

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.

Gollum is Gollum - though in 'Lord of the Rings' he's 600 years old and in 'The Hobbit' he's 540, so he looks a little bit more handsome.

I've rarely said the word "Lord," unless it's followed by "of the Rings.

We call my son's role in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy Sean's little independent movie.

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy restored the balance in the Force after the Star Wars prequels ruined everything that was awesome about being a nerd at the movies.

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.'

I would definitely line up for 'The Lord of the Rings.' I'm a huge 'Lord of the Rings' geek.

I would love to have played Gollum.

If 'The Hobbit' happens - and there's reason to believe that it will - then I think I'm in with a chance! Gollum is very much part of 'The Hobbit,' after all.

'The Return Of The King' has a conclusion.

'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties.

I like quoting 'Lord of the Rings': 'My list of allies grows thin! My list of enemies grows long!'

I want to live in Middle-earth, actually.

The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.

Gollum's never really gone too far away from me because he's indelibly kind of printed into my DNA now, I think.

It is evident that the grip of 'The Return of the King' on Mr. Jackson is not unlike the grasp the One Ring exerts over Frodo: it's tough for him to let go, which is why the picture feels as if it has an excess of endings. But he can be forgiven. Why not allow him one last extra bow?

They can keep their heaven. When I die, I’d sooner go to Middle Earth.

Thief, thief, thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever!

I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'