The Secrets to Success from 9 Superstars

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Jenni Konner - executive producer, Girls

What's the best piece of advice you have ever received?
"My father, Larry Konner, is a screen and TV writer and his advice has always been deeply pragmatic. He told me to write five pages a day. It doesn't matter if it takes five minutes or all day. It's a very manageable goal and tricks you into thinking you have a lot of freedom."

What's the one thing you do every day ... more 

Photo by: Photo: Courtesy of HBO

Jenni Konner - executive producer, Girls

What's the best piece of advice you have ever received?
"My father, Larry Konner, is a screen and TV writer and his advice has always been deeply pragmatic. He told me to write five pages a day. It doesn't matter if it takes five minutes or all day. It's a very manageable goal and tricks you into thinking you have a lot of freedom."

What's the one thing you do every day that is critical to your success?
"Exercise has become critical to my days. I wasn't a person who exercised growing up or ever enjoyed it. I failed P.E. for so many semesters that I had to play every team sport senior year of high school. But I'm really a cultist now. I have found that when I exercise (for me it's Tracy Anderson all the way), it makes me better at every other aspect of my job. It's the time I can really shut my brain down and just enjoy myself." less