"I find myself writing protagonists who do feel pretty cut off from others but who want to make connections and aren't very good at it."

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The novel's not the best form for disposing ideas, though that's one thing it can do. It likely is the best form, though, for conveying the experience of us each being alone, trapped in our skulls with only these bodies and this imperfect instrument of language to convey our state and to find meaning and connection.

— Michael Helm