Page "Cellar door" Paragraph 18

In 1966, Tolkien referred to " cellar door " in an interview, using it as an example of the way in which words will shape his stories: " Supposing you say some quite ordinary words to me, ' cellar door ', say ," he said.

" From that, I might think of a name ' Selador ', and from that a character, a situation begins to grow.