讽刺反对那些称他为逃避现实的人，因为它创造了一个奇妙的中土世界：“摩托车更像活着'的观念比半人物或龙更奇怪；他们更真实的'比那些可怜的马是荒谬的。 {MC，149}。
(satirical against those who called him an escapist for creating the fantastic world of Middle-earth: "The notion that motor-cars are more `alive' than, say, centaurs or dragons is curious; that they are more `real' than, say, horses is pathetically absurd. How real, how startlingly alive is a factory chimney compared with an elm-tree: poor obsolete thing, insubstantial dream of an escapist!" {MC, 149}.)