Someone gave me a piece of advice once, my first manager Lucien Hold. He said, ‘If you do stand-up about your own life, no one can steal it.’ I always thought that was the best piece of advice. – Mike Birbiglia
When I was coming up, everybody wanted to be Tom Hanks. There was always Robert De Niro and Al Pacino – they were the heavily dramatic stuff. I always had a foot in both camps. The hardest thing was to resist the advice to be like someone else. It took me a while to figure that out. – John Slattery
My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won’t have much emotion to spare anyway. – Joanna Trollope
Interestingly, young people don’t come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you. – Meryl Streep
I am always keen to discover something new, but my advice is always to exfoliate. Get rid of those dead, dry cells; then the new skin is ready for moisturising, and you find your inner dewy, youthful glow. It’s in there somewhere. – Lulu
Someone gave me great advice. That when you’re looked on as a pioneer, or you start a trend, you’re not always going to benefit from it. – Jason Kidd
The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: ‘Do the dishes while you’re cooking.’ – Lela Rose
Listen to advice from people who have been there and done that. It is so hard to believe that when you are young, but parents, mentors, teachers, they can all be so valuable when it comes to advice. – Lauren Conrad
Sometimes I get ideas from childhood. In ‘The Hat’, Hedgie starts getting teased about his hat, and he just pretends that everything is okay. That’s the advice that my mother gave me – not to get mad and pretend that everything is okay. And it worked. – Jan Brett
There are plenty of things I wish I’d known when I decided to quit my position at IBM and work on the idea that later became TaskRabbit. Maybe that’s why one of the things I cherish most about being a founder and CEO is the opportunity to offer advice to new entrepreneurs. – Leah Busque
My trainer don’t tell me nothing between rounds. I don’t allow him to. I fight the fight. All I want to know is did I win the round. It’s too late for advice. – Muhammad Ali
My best advice would be that you have to be vulnerable with each other. Like, everyone says you have to be honest, you have to communicate; like, yes, of course, but you gotta be willing to be vulnerable. – Jurnee Smollett
They’re fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. – Lillian Hellman
The best career advice to give to the young is, ‘Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.’ – Katharine Whitehorn
Listen to advice. You don’t know how many writer’s conferences I’ve taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field. – Jane Haddam
Small businesses, you can give them capital, but what they often need as much is mentoring, advice and help with their business plan. – Karen Mills
People wanted more advice. So I finally thought I could totally put this advice into a book. – Kevin Smith
I’ve never directed anything before ‘Mad Men,’ so I don’t feel I have any advice for the other directors. – John Slattery
When I was in middle school, the librarian there was secretary for a couple of groups of professional writers. She introduced me to Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, and I became very friendly with them over a period of two years. Both of them were very generous with their time, guidance and advice. – Jonathan Maberry
It’s good to fight with your brothers, and it’s good to tease them to give them advice. – Malala Yousafzai
I’ve been homeschooling for eight years and have always received the best advice and encouragement from other homeschoolers, rather than a book or lecture. – Lisa Whelchel
My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. – John W. Vessey, Jr.
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them. – Khalil Gibran
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process. – John Jay Hooker
The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve. – Lauren Tarshis
