I think 'The Lord Of The Rings' is the mother of all cult books, because you can be in that cult and not even know you're in it.

Lord of the Rings, I think, is far and away the most brilliantly done stuff.

The road goes ever on and on

I’m reminded of a book my father used to read me,” she said. “A bunch of elves and things get into a huge war over a piece of jewelry that everybody wants but nobody can wear.

Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?'

I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.