Arrow, Season 2

Laurel:
I know who the Arrow is.

Quentin:
Don't say another word. Don't say anything. Listen to me, there was a time when I would of sold out my badge to find out his name, you know that. But then I realized I didn't care who he was. In fact, I didn't want to know who he was.

Laurel:
Why not?

Quentin:
Because I knew if I knew who he really was he would become a person, okay? Maybe he has a family, friends, people to care about him, someone with a life. Then he couldn't be what I needed him to be, what this city needs him to be. See, Arrow - the man under the hood isn't important. Can you imagine what it's like to be him? What he has to live with? Day in, day out? What that's gotta be like?