【译文】酒要和了解自己的人一起喝,诗要与懂得它的人一起吟。认识的人可以很多,但真正了解,并达到知心的却没有几个。
A great way to understand yourself is to seriously reflect on everything you find irritating in others. 
To write is to give oneself over to the world, to let the world in, and to let it change you.