If you want to improve, the first step is to become aware of the weaknesses which may be holding you back and preventing your evolution. These might include your insatiable appetites, your stubbornness, your grimness, and your reluctance to change.

Armistead Maupin loathes contradiction. Although he has vast reserves of mental and intellectual concentration, he sometimes tends to be dogmatic or absolutist. His rigid mindset denotes a certain adaptive difficulty.