It probably goes back further than that. If I've helped you, you can't pay me back. You can, however, pay forward. That young writer is not your competition. He is the next good book you'll want to read, and the promise that books worth reading will continue to be written after you and I are dust.
Love is eternal.
All we have to offer to each other that amounts to anything is our love, our time, and our belief that individuals and their dreams matter. Dare to love. Dare to believe. And never give up on your dreams. The short answer is that I don't have the time and even if I did, my agent forbids it.