In the movie biography of Tom Wolfe (RIP), his daughter tells of reading some of the vicious things people said about him, and asking him if this didn't bother

In the movie biography of Tom Wolfe (RIP), his daughter tells of reading some of the vicious things people said about him, and asking him if this didn't bother him. He said, "No, of course not. You're nobody 'til somebody hates you." So if you despised them first and said something that touched them that deeply, I could see considering that a success.