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“Early in 1967 Highsmith's agent told her why her books did not sell in paperback in America. It was, said Patricia Schartle Myrer, because they were 'too subtle', combined with the fact that none of her characters were likeable. 'Perhaps it is because I don't like anyone,' Highsmith replied. 'My last books may be about animals'.”
Andrew Wilson“We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold themselves into shapes to make themselves likeable.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions“Try to be likeable but stay true to your self. There will be times when you have to do or say something at the expense of being popular. If you’ve built up enough goodwill, you’ll get away with it. People understand that difficult decisions have to be made and, if you’ve paid enough into your ‘likeability deposit’, they will hate the decision but not the person making it.There may be moments in your life when you have to choose between ‘being liked’ and what you really want to do. Imagine your future spouse is a vegan and does not enjoy being with people who eat meat. Could you imagine putting aside your beliefs and feelings, to show support, love and understanding for your partner’s?”
Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living“Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating”
he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement“Some of the most likeable people on the outside are capable of truly heinous things.”
Kenneth Eade, HOA Wire“If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.”
Alan Cooper“The expectation that TV women need to be more likeable than men is bullshit and in need of a change.”
Mindy Kaling“The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable.”
Jim Goad“The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.”
Randa Abdel-Fattah