If the people in the audience are talking, you're being ignored. If the people are gazing at you, you've got something they want to hear.

I hate being ignored.

Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.

Don't give up or give in in the face of patronising ridicule, amused disdain, or being ignored.

There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged.

The contemporary American novelist benefits in a way from being ignored. It makes you angrier and makes you want to go into all of those places where you shouldn't.