"He wanted the Shire in particular to really be the England that he had grown up in." - MATTHEW JOHNSON, What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Gastropod #Gastropod #aliens #JRRTolkienDay #MatthewJohnson

"Gollum used to be quite like Frodo and Sam." - DAVID W. COLLINS, The Two Towers - the Music (Part III), The Soundtrack Show #TheSoundtrackShow #JRRTolkienDay #DavidWCollins

"By the way, Tolkien never really loved the title Return of the King." - DAVID W. COLLINS, The Two Towers - the Music (Part I), The Soundtrack Show #TheSoundtrackShow #JRRTolkienDay #DavidWCollins

"As you know, Tolkien created dozens of cultures, in great detail, for Middle Earth." - DAVID W. COLLINS, The Two Towers: the Music (Part II), The Soundtrack Show #TheSoundtrackShow #JRRTolkienDay #DavidWCollins

"We are not getting sued by Tolkien here." - RACHELLE HAMPTON, LARP Camp with Rebecca Jennings, Normal Gossip #NormalGossip #JRRTolkienDay #RachelleHampton

"It was one of the reasons why Lord of the Rings transcended fantasy." - MATTHEW JOHNSON, What Do Aliens Eat? Food in Sci-Fi and Fantasy, Gastropod #Gastropod #aliens #JRRTolkienDay #MatthewJohnson

"And his friends gave him books-- Dostoevsky, Tolkien, guides to Slavic paganism, the Beats, and also Robinson Crusoe & Treasure Island." - BRETT MARTIN, In the Shadow of the City, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #IntheShadowoftheCity #JRRTolkienDay #BrettMartin

"They're big Lord of the Rings fans." - IRA GLASS, The Reluctant Explorer, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #JRRTolkienDay #IraGlass

"Mordor is where Sauron is." - SAM KIEFFER, Dwight's Speech, Office Ladies #OfficeLadies #TheOffice #DwightsSpeech #JRRTolkienDay #SamKieffer

"But Tolkien gave all that, and more!" - IRA GLASS, The Land of Make Believe, This American Life #TAL #ThisAmericanLife #TheLandofMakeBelieve #JRRTolkienDay #IraGlass