"I wept when I wrote that."

""The Shire" is based on rural England and not any other country in the world... The toponymy of The Shire...is a "par…"

"I should say that, in addition to my tree-love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupati…"

"Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more Perfect world, or …"

"The significance of a myth is not easily to be pinned on paper by analytical reasoning. It is at its best when it is …"

"That story was the only thing I have ever done which cost me absolutely no pains at all. Usually I compose only with …"

"My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement woul…"

"There was a solemn article in the local paper seriously advocating systematic exterminating of the entire German nati…"

"Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures."

"I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size). I like gardens, trees, and unmechanized farmlands; I smoke a pipe, and like …"