Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

我们不是从祖先那里继承了海洋，而是从子孙那里借来的。

翻译：道德高尚的人，与地位比自己高的人交往，不奉承讨好；与地位比自己低的人交往，不轻慢高傲。

Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.