So take the time to find the thing that excites you more than anything else in the world. Not the thing your parents want you to do. Or the thing that all your friends are doing. Or that society expects of you.

Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises. Don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned about doing good work and protect your work. […] Protect your work and if you build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency.

One day, I spoke to him about my sense of shame. He looked me in the eyes and told me that brewing was a science; it was not about getting drunk. He did not stop there. He said: 'Do not make judgment on things, people, and issues with half information.' He said there is truth in everything you see around. So, look for everything in its entirety. That was a game-changing moment for me.

Write slowly and by hand only about subjects that interest you. […] Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.

It’s a gift to let yourself be changed by a person, and for a person to allow you to change them.

I had help in the form of my friend and former editor Carrie Frye

I act like a hopeful person, but I think that hope is based on having zero expectations.

I love being bad at something and getting better at it.

I’m always afraid of false certainty about things

I needed to physically be totally alone and be in a different place to get going.