“[…]when you read a book, what you see are black squiggles on pulped wood or, increasingly, dark pixels on a pale screen. To transform these icons into characters and events, you must imagine. And when you imagine, you create. It's… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I do think that the imagination you create yourself when you're reading, to create the tone and the accent of the world, is an individual accomplishment that someone is imposing upon you by listening to them read it. Because you're… — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
![“[…]when you read a book, what you see are black squiggles on pulped wood or, increasingly, dark pixels on a pale screen. To transform these icons into characters and events, you must imagine. And when you imagine, you create. It's in reading that a book becomes a book, and in each of a million…” quote by Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a3d/mohsin-hamid-798_book_when-you-read-a-book-what-you-see-are-bl_397757.jpg)
