I just don't think it's very dignified to ask people to like you. You can just wind up being somebody's ottoman.
“I'm off to race around the world - a race against time and two men. I know I can beat time. I hope I can beat the men.”
“I published, privately, a collection of my serious poetry I had written over the years. I only published 50 copies, which I gave to friends, in a special deluxe edition. It was ridiculously expensive but I'm glad that I did it.”