"With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure"

This quote by Art Spiegelman is a tip to readers to approach any deal with an open mind. It is very important to trust the author and not to bring a lot of prejudgments to the work. If we concern a deal with a lot of expectations, we are not allowing the work to speak for itself. We should be willing to take the deal with its own terms and to be open up to the ideas and messages it communicates. This quote encourages readers to be open up to the work and to be going to be challenged by it. It is just by taking the deal with its own terms that we can genuinely appreciate its value and determine its worth.