As for clutching on hills, it just takes practice. Learn, on a flat open area, where your clutch grabs, and get good at finessing the throttle just right. So that the clutch grabs and the throttle you add simply pulls forward as opposed to burning the clutch or lurching forward. It really is all about practice.
I remember in Driver's Ed, we had to stop the car going uphill, and then start going again. I always got it first try, because I had been practicing with my parents for a while. One of the guys in my car killed it 32, yes I counted, 32 times before he finally made it up.