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Arieniel:

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I'm have never really posted on this board but i was looking for some info on Tolkien and was wondering if anyone knows where i can find what Tolkien(himself) said about writing.

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Well, I suppose the best ource for Tolkien quotes on any subject would be the book The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien which you should be able to find at any local bookstore or Amazon.

If you don't really want to spend money on that, you can always do a google search on the subject or check out TolkienOnline which has a quote section.

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Elven Queen Of Mirkwood:

How long do dwarves live?
A couple hundred years, I believe. They live longer than Men, but are not immortal like Elves and therefore grow old and die. The Appendix of RotK has some information on the subject of Dwarves.

What is the mearas (Shadowfax??)
I can't be arsed to look it up right now, but, from memory, mearas is Old English/Rohirric for 'king of horses', which is essentially what Shadowfax is.

What kind of horse is Arwen's in da movie?
Er, a white one...?

Does Bill the pony come to them after something to do with some mental guy with Apples in the book?? i dont remeber, i think it was in the barrowdowns but really dont remeber.
Uh, well the Hobbits got Bill the Pony from Bill Ferny, that creepy guy in Bree. The mental guy you're refering to is probably Tom Bombadil and since I haven't read FotR in a while now, I'm not sure if he had anything to do with Bill.

How many kids did Arwen and Aragorn have, what were their names (i know Eldarion) and would they be allowed to go to VAlinor?
Their only child ever named is Eldarion, but it is mentioned in the RotK Appendices that they had some daughters. How many I don't know. Since Arwen chose to be mortal it stands to reason that their children would be mortal as well, just like Elros' children were (Elros is Elrond's brother and an ancestor of Aragorn's).

was Celebrian an elf? how come Arwen and Elrond are Peredhil (half elven)
Celebrian was the daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel, so yes, she was an Elf. Elrond and his children (Arwen, Elladan and Elrohir) were known as Half-Elven since they were descended from the union of Elf and Man (on Elrond's mother's side it was of Beren and Luthien -- one Elrond's father's side it was of Idril and Tuor).

I read something about BEren being some race of elves, um, does that mean men are descended from elves?
No. Beren was a mortal man. He just fell in love with and married an Elf, Luthien.

That would mean aragorn is one, so he can go to VAlinor. Rite?
Nope. Aragorn is descended from Beren and Luthien, but is his decended through the line of Elros, who chose to become human and therefore all his dscendants are human (although longlived human).

1. Gandalf is Maia, in the shape of an old man. I understand it as Gandalf is a name for this man only. Does Gandalf, as a Maia, have an original name?

His Maia name is Olorin.

Actually Gandalf isn't his name as a man. Gandalf is the name given to him by Men just like how Mithrandir is the name given to him by Elves. He has a few other names too, but I can't be arsed to look them up right now.

2. When he had fought the balrog, he became Gandalf the White. Why? And who "transformed" him?

Oh crap. I don't know how to answer this. I looked it up a bit in Letters to JRR Tolkien, but I'm still fuzzy on the details...

I can't answer the 'Why?', but I can say that he was 'transformed' by the Valar, probably Manwe at the bidding of Eru. When he talks about the 'they' who sent him back, he's talking about the Valar.