Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien, said a student, 'could turn a lecture room into a mead hall in which he was the bard and we were the feasting, listening guests.

Philip Zaleski

Tolkien did admit that, 'As a guide, I had only my own feelings for what is appealing or moving.' In other words ~ he wrote about what interested him...

E.A. Bucchianeri