I realize now that people are not thinking about you and me or caring what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves-before breakfast, after breakfast, and right on until ten minutes past midnight. They would be a thousand times more concerned about a slight headache of their own than they would about the news of your death or mine.

How To Enjoy Your Life And Your Job (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2010) - ISBN: 9781451621730