Randall Munroe Quotes

The Internet made fame wack and anonymity cool.

I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it.

I don't want to be on the Internet.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

For me, it's important to keep a level of anonymity.

The problem of online identity is expressed best in an old 'New Yorker' cartoon with a picture of a dog next to a computer, and the dog says, 'No one online knows you're a dog.'

I have no desire to be famous, definitely not.

The Internet is a seemingly unreal environment where we think we are anonymous. It's a potentially provocative place. As a result, we may not behave the way we would in the real world. Some of us are drawn into what could become a dangerous situation.

When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know?

Pages on Facebook are allowed to be anonymous. That is really important. People start revolutions; we need anonymity.

I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery.

I've been acting for a long time, and I've done a lot of things, and I've been maintaining my anonymity pretty well. I get recognized once a week, at most, here and there, so I'm reluctant to give that up.

Surprisingly, I think if you're known on the Internet, you're probably an introvert.

Every day I don't Google my name, there's another beautiful day.

I don't like showing my privacy online.

Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure.

The idea that you can be totally anonymous in the digital age is increasingly hard to execute.

Writers are not celebrities, so you don't expect to walk down the street and hear, 'Oh my God, there's Sylvia Day.' You prefer to be anonymous.

It's nice to be recognized, but at the same time, there are always consequences. You may get fame, but you lose anonymity. You lose a certain sense of who you are.

I appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life.

I'm a pretty private person, so I don't mind not being recognized.

With technology tracking us everywhere we go, 'cosplay' might become our best defense against surveillance.

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

On the street, on the train - I pull my hat down, and nobody knows it's me. I always wanted the kind of fame that came with an off button.

I'm not the guy trying to be all up in the videos and be a celebrity. I feel like I'm going to lose a certain amount of my privacy if I do that.