Anna Quindlen Quotes

Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day.

And if you get caught up in combing the Internet for what people think of you or how people perceive you, I think that's a slippery slope.

It's weird: for someone who mostly really exists online, I'm actually not very interested in the Internet at all.

I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is.

Creating a representation of yourself for the Internet stopped making sense when we were all on phones and connected everywhere.

The whole Fannibal thing is predominantly something that happens in a world I don't know about, which is the Internet.

This thing with everyone knowing you, it's weird, because people have this one-sided relationship where they look at your picture and feel they know you more than someone they actually know. I don't really know myself that well.

I post on Twitter regularly, and when I checked my followers, I saw that my own characters were following me. They sounded eerily like my characters would actually sound. It was a very surreal thing to see come to life digitally!

I Googled myself, and I saw some nice things and some not-so-nice things. I've learned that that stuff isn't real, and it doesn't exist unless you look at it.

Abbey Clancy is incredible. I saw a picture of her in a white suit recently, and she looked amazing. Victoria Beckham always looks classy, and I like Coleen Rooney's style too.

I enjoy reading blogs, but am not interested in having my spurious thoughts out there.

I've been involved in all the different awards shows. Apparently, what I wear becomes important.

We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress.

Approximating authenticity online is not such a tall order. In fact, it may be the very least we can do.

There is a Twitter account apparently dedicated to my brows. I do not Tweet on it, but... they talk about who they've seen today.

I take selfies just so I know what I look like before I go on cam.

I've said before I think the best thing about social media is that it brings people together and the worst thing about social media is that it brings people together. You're assuming that the people following you know what type of person you are and what type of humour you have.

For the record, I don't really hate myself, but I do hate the way I portray myself online.

I use Twitter to be my best self: fun, dateable. I don't get paranoid with Twitter, only in real life. I write so I feel comfortable, not speaking.

I've used the Internet since I was in high school - it was my tool for self-promotion.

The way people express themselves online, that's also how they express themselves in the real world.

Online you're encouraged to perform one personality for everyone.

My theory is that we used to have several personalities, and now we're encouraged to have one online.

That's kind of the mystique If you [post your outfit] on Instagram all of the time, I'm going to see a bunch of people walking around looking like Shump.

The only person to ever look good in the back of a 4-seater convertible was Adolf Hitler