advice

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (_)A good novel editor is invisible.

Above all, do not attempt to be exhaustive.

Here is how you know if it is love or lust. Push them in front of a bus. If you jump in the way and save them it is love.

It's when you stop planning every last detail that you discover the fun in life.

Just be yourself' is about the worst advice you can give some people.

Sweetie,_ Dino said, coming over to put his arm around her shoulder. He tipped her head up and looked into her eyes with great empathy. __ou can__ fuck a statue. At least not at that angle. You__ at least have to tip it onto its back first, and as a conservator, I can__ recommend it.

If you are stealing people's thunder just by being around and standing there; you really can't expect people to like you. People want their own thunder to be heard loud and wide, not yours! Swans should never despair over ducks not liking them.

Wait, that__ your idea? That__ your expert advice? You__e going to tell these novelists to just keep going? You__e going to tell these honest, earnest writers: You gotta have faith? Those are George Michael lyrics, asshole. If they wanted that pep talk, they could just hang out inside a mall elevator.

If it was true that all effort led to a vast abyss, she had two recommendations to begin with, first, not to cheat people, and, second, to treat them properly. Beyond that, there was room for discussion.

Stop and reflect on what your diet is doing for you.

...avoid _ like the measles _ phony laughter. No, really. If you don__ find it to be funny, don't laugh. More evil and injustice has gotten a foothold in this world because of polite, counterfeit laughter _ a desire to not __ffend_, or to not be __eculiar_ - than anything else.But when you do laugh, let your belly shimmy.

You know, there comes a point where you're not giving advice anymore. There comes a point where you're just moralizing, demonstrating your hypothetical superiority when it comes to doing the right thing. That's not very fucking helpful, you know. I'm holding my shit together right now, and rather than telling me that it's not enough, you could try to help me with the stuff I'm capable of.

Paying attention is more important to reliability than moving slowly. Because he pays close attention, a Navy pilot can land a 40,000 lb. aircraft at 140 miles per hour on a pitching carrier deck, at night, more safely than the average teenager can cut a bagel.

You don__ have to have had something to want it or need it but when you have something you liked_ very much_ and it is taken away, and you want it back, it can become a hunger.

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

He turned to Edwin. "You know, the stuff you just told me makes more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologist have told me in school and at the detention center."Edwin tapped Cole's shoulder with the broken stick. "That's because those people still think you can get rid of the left end of the stick.

Don't live your life like a movie. Always thinkin you could've been something. Don't live your life for me or for anyone. You live your life as if you're one.

He who aims too high will get a sore neck