Readers usually grossly underestimate their own
importance. If a reader cannot create a book along
with the writer, the book will never come to life.
Creative involvement: that's the difference between
reading a book and watching TV.
In watching TV, we are passive--sponges; we do
nothing. In reading, we must become creators,
imagining the setting of the story, seeing the
facial expressions, hearing the inflection of the
voices. The author and the reader "know" each
other; they meet on the bridge of words.
Madeleine L'Engle (1918- )
_Walking on Water: Reflections On Faith And Art_
