J.R.R Tolkien on being criticized for indulging his juvenile whim of writing ‘escapist’ fantasy:
“Of course it is escapist! That is its glory! When a soldier is a prisoner of war it is his duty to escape-and take as many with him as he can.
The moneylenders, the knownothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as possible.”
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