In all seriousness, though, this really strikes home:
"The relationship between a writer and a reader is generally taken to be complementary but nonreciprocal—that is, they need one another, but it’s always the same one who gives and the other who receives. Neither of them necessarily has to understand the nature of the gift that is on offer"
Our daughter is an accomplished web artist who works very, very hard on her panels, yet her "Frenchiest Fry" meme[1] became a massive Tumblr hit despite being dashed off in moments. You just never know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travolta_(song)
In all seriousness, though, this really strikes home:
"The relationship between a writer and a reader is generally taken to be complementary but nonreciprocal—that is, they need one another, but it’s always the same one who gives and the other who receives. Neither of them necessarily has to understand the nature of the gift that is on offer"
Beautiful.