Interestingly, young people don't come to you for advice. Especially the ones who are related to you.
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I am not somebody who likes to give advice, or anything like that, unless it's my closest friends or family.
Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.
When young writers approach me for advice, I remind them, as gently as I can, that they are on their own, with no help available anywhere. Which is how it should be.
Obviously I ask my family and loved ones for advice here and there, but I kind of have a rule with the people I love that surround me - close family and close friends - that unless I ask for it, I don't really want advice thrown out.
Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
The best advice comes from people who don't give advice.
It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.
I try not to give too much advice, really, because people have to do their things their way. I got lots of advice when I was young, and I ignored most of it - the good and the bad.
I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.