What is the advice of Amy Tan for people who want to write a book?

The Opposite of Fate: memories of a writing life written by Amy Tan

The Opposite of Fate is I think mainly interesting to read when you like to know more about Amy’s personal life. Especially when you would like to understand what writing means to her. Amy Tan was before she started writing, a reader, and at one point she decided to start writing. It is an amazing story!
The reviews of the book are not that well, but I think it is interesting to read how Amy deals with her mother and her Chinese roots.
My all-time favorite book is Amy’s first book: The Joy Luck club. The book became a movie. The movie is as good as or perhaps better than the book. That doesn’t happen a lot. The Joy Luck Club the movie, they really succeeded. I understand why, after reading the Opposite of Fate. It is because Amy Tan played a mayor, even crucial part, in writing the script and giving intensive feedback regarding the movie. The funny thing is that she had even family members play in the movie!

When you are not going to write a book, the questions are helpful, when thinking about your life and the world around you. According to Amy: While asking those questions, you will have an interesting life, and you will become an interesting person.
Advice 1 about clichés: You will see them everywhere, and they are the big enemy of the original thought. When you think it is fate, ask yourself, why is it that way? What is happening exactly. So keep yourself sharp.
Advice 2 about generalizations: What is interesting is, to ask yourself, what is the long version of the story?
Advice 3 about your own style: your own style means your own truth. The truth comes out of your own experiences and your own observations. It will amaze you that sometimes your own truth is also someone else's truth.
Advice 4 about compassion: even negative characters and personal weaknesses need depth and compassion. Imagination leads to compassion.
Advice 5 about the important questions: think and think more. When answering the important questions, you can write already a whole book, or it might take you your whole life. For example: What is love? What is the goal of life? What is hope? What is loss?