"A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it."
~ Samuel Johnson
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"There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories."
--Ursula K. LeGuin
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Hi Catherine,
You might enjoy this related quote from Ursula K. Le Guin from an essay she wrote in 1987:
"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story." ~ Ursula K. Le Guin