Nobody had ever told me how to do these things, ... I didn't want anyone giving me advice until I had it all figured out on my own.

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not and never persist in trying to set people right

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

Follow the advice of those who make you crie, never of those who make you laugh

They were out there swapping alligator stories, giving all kinds of advice to each other,

People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.