Well, maybe that in itself is a good thing. People with all the answers usually only have the answers for themselves. Everyone has a streak of pungency, of something off-center within them, and it takes a good eye and ear to latch in on that and demonstrate it.
World equals oyster.
A woman who has three kids and a good husband and a steady job at the supervising office of the collection agency is never just that and nothing else. I almost fell into that, and stepped out of it narrowly with a few simple realizations. All those things add up to character at the end and are not themselves character. It's frustrating, but I guess predictable, because the distinction is still lost on a lot of people. The history makes the person.