#advice

"I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that."

"Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words."

"Do not allow your thoughts to condemn you."

"I never want you to deny anything about yourself because you have grown up thinking it’s unacceptable or inconvenient for the people around you."

"So okay― there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base of the telephone. You've blown up your TV and committed yourself to a thousand words a day, come hell or high water. Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want."

"The action of a soulful person covertly makes many people brave and bold without the need for them to be advised or told."

"Never give advice unless you have walked the walk, because anybody can talk the talk."

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."

"Write to your heart’s content and by all means, have fun with your creation. It’s your moment to do absolutely anything within those pages."

"Always drink upstream from the herd."

"You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel."

"We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does."

"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...not looking for flaws, but for potential."

"My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in first place. I hope that inspired people to never give up."

"My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction."

"The best way to predict your future is to create it"

"Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself."

"Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."

"If you don't think you need to develop your personal brand, my advice for you comes in the wisdom of two road signs: STOP; DEAD END."

"Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it."