J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

If you're going to have a complicated story you must work to a map; otherwise you'll never make a map of it afterwards.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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• If you're going to have a complicated story you must work to a map; otherwise you'll never make a map of it afterwards.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Story
  • Complicated
  • Map