I don't agree with the idea that my characters are…

I think most people agree with the idea of shared sacrifice, but for many, when push comes to shove, that principle goes out the…

— Whitney Tilson

I think I would want to be known for playing unlikeable characters that you like anyway.

— Rachel Sennott

I don't have a very clear idea of who the characters are until they start talking.

— Joan Didion

Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

— Michael Scott

I like the idea of characters without shame, who hold nothing back.

— Matthew Healy

Dan Harmon has this idea that characters on TV are allowed to talk about their favorite movies and TV shows and songs.

— Gillian Jacobs

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I think one's person's unlikeable is another's lovable.

— Tom Barbash

What is deemed "unlikeable" in Washington is actually standing up to Washington and saying no, saying "The emperor has no clothes," saying "We made…

— Ted Cruz

I think there's a pressure to be likeable in life, which is really hard when you're really unlikeable.

— Ellie Rowsell

“And the lesson here is that people are unlikeable. They have the irritating habit of believing they are as important as you are to…

— Daniel Nayeri

You know that's why people don't like unlikeable characters. It's not that they're not interesting. Everybody knows the most interesting character in a book…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

“Wanting to be liked is often a very unlikeable characteristic.”

— Stephen Fry

You have to create characters - certainly in series TV - who people engage with. They don't have to be nice; you don't have…

— Michael Hirst

Any comprehensive doctrine, religious or secular, can be introduced into any political argument at any time, but I argue that people who do this…

— John Rawls