Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.
Joe Klein

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.
Todd Solondz

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.
Michelle Pfeiffer

Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.
Sarah Chalke

I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.
Harrison Ford

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my work. But the loss, in terms of privacy and anonymity, is no small thing to me.
Todd Solondz

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.
Julie Walters

I want to be normal. I really want anonymity.
Emma Watson

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for God.
Igor Stravinsky

I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.
Hugh Jackman

It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.
Jonathan King

Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights.
Stephen Gardiner

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.
Alex O'Loughlin

Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.
Sheryl Crow

People bitch about losing their anonymity and then get insulted when someone doesn't recognize them from whatever success they've had.
Casey Affleck

So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity.
Charlie Hunnam

Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.
Lisa Bonet

The freedom to connect to the world anywhere at anytime brings with it the threat of unscrupulous predators and criminals who mask their activities with the anonymity the Internet provides to its users.
Mike Fitzpatrick

The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.
Marla Maples

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.
Virginia Woolf