I'm really interested in how we understand each other - and whether we can understand each other.

I wanted to write a book about people who have the best intentions and think - really, truly think - that they're doing the right thing. And then they realize that when those ideals come knocking at their windowsill, a lot of times they will suddenly disavow those ideals.

We have to figure out why we see the world in different ways and then how are we going to adjust so that we can at least still understand each other.

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