Tolkien is as good as Dickens at sketching a scene.
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I love Dickens. I love the way he sets a scene.
I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.
I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.
One thing Tolkien does incredibly well - and this is from a lay person's point of view; I am not scholar or anything - is that you don't have to make an effort to envisage the worlds that he writes about.
I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession.
Just think about it: in every shop in the reading world since 1956, there has been two feet of book-space devoted to Tolkien.
There's lots of Tolkien that must be confusing to people.
I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but he sure could plot.
When I told my mom I was going to audition for 'The Hobbit,' she said, 'Well, you've always loved Tolkien.' And she was right.
Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.
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