Quotes About Pen Names

#1. I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books.

Jayne Ann Krentz

#2. Trust me, I did not set out to establish three pen names and, for the record, I do not recommend it as a career strategy. The idea back at the start was that I would stick with the name that proved most successful.

Jayne Ann Krentz

#3. I have turned off Google Alerts and don't Google my name or my pen names. I don't go on message boards. I don't read my book reviews.

J.A. Konrath

#4. There is a long tradition in China for writers and journalists to take pen names, partly as protection from retaliation by authorities. If Facebook requires the use of real names, that could potentially put Chinese citizens in danger.

Michael Anti

#5. On a whim, I picked up a pen and flipped to the last page of the diary and wrote our names.
Alina Starkov
Maylen Oretsev
I wasn't sure why I did it. I just needed to say we had been there.

Leigh Bardugo

#6. That in spite of living in a mansion an American is not above wearing a pair of secondhand pants, bought for fifty cents.

Jhumpa Lahiri

#7. All the love of the high, wild places, all the amazing joy in being alive sounded in his voice

Elyne Mitchell

#8. The narrator of a documentary often comes in at the last minute and takes some of the glory they don't deserve.

Joel Edgerton

#9. I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.

Karolina Kurkova

#10. There are times to kill and times not to kill. Please bear this in
mind with grave consideration.

Masaaki Hatsumi

#11. My ambition with connectivity is not to fly balloons in the national airspace of other countries, but my dream is to be able to enable the local entrepreneurs to have low-cost connectivity solutions.

Satya Nadella

#12. My son, Rob ... said the only time he ever wraps a gift is, quote, "if it's such a poor gift that I don't want to be there when the person opens it."

Dave Barry

#13. The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT Pseudepigrapha,' is a label that scholars have given to these writings.

Craig A. Evans

#14. Squat, swarthy and powerful, the bandit was a mixture of Comanche and Comanchero bloods, revealing the most sadistic and savage traits of both.

Joe Millard

#15. I can't wait for the human race to be over and they give out the trophies.

Malcolm Watts

#16. The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot them a mile away. Rather than create new ideas or pen thoughtful essays, they simply glom on to the latest news with another "me too" blog post.

Steve Rubel

#17. Grab a pen and put down some words - your name even - and a title: something to see, to revise, to carve, to do over in the opposite way

Jacques Barzun

#18. Performing an exorcism was like changing your oil. It's a drag, but necessary.

Keanu Reeves

#19. Drive away and try to keep smiling. Get a little rock and roll on the radio and go toward all the life there is with all the courage you can find and all the belief you can muster. Be true, be brave, stand.

Stephen King