A few years ago, my mother after one of her operations in the hospital threw a notebook on the floor and told me that I had to stop writing and attend to her.

I was already attending to her, and I didn't stop. But I didn't stop writing either. And one day the second largest publisher in the world wrote me and gave me an advance and published a book.

Moral: Behave yourself, don't pay attention to what they say, only your effort can speak for you.

Trust in yourself. You are worth a lot, mate.