Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to

My name is growing all the time, and I’ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“A queer half-knowing, half-humorous look came with a green flicker into his eyes. ‘For one thing it would take a long while: my name…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I am not going to tell you my name, not yet at any rate.' A queer half-knowing, half-humorous look came with a green flicker…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Names are what define us. Names are what tell our story. They tell our lives, our joy, our pain. Names are what kill us.…

— Tahj Wilson

Names that tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often proceeds the selection of a name

— Claude C. Hopkins

Names which tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often precedes the selection of a name.

— Claude C. Hopkins

I am probably going to pay for this at some point, but I think pretty much everyone I come into contact with is fair…

— Randall Mann

“Peace is a time when people can tell each other their real names”

— Chris Cleave

“Yes, I still think of him as that, call him that. It's as real as any of his other names.”

— Mal Peet

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else,…

— Louis Sachar

First rule of magic: Don't let anyone know your real name. Names have power.

— Neil Gaiman

Black movies don't have real names, they have names like Barbershop. That's not a name, that's just a location.

— Chris Rock

The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought…

— Malcolm X

I wasn't allowed to use people's real names, such as my siblings and my children's father, but there's nothing fabricated or untrue in my…

— Kola Boof

If I had used real names, I don't think 'Madras Cafe' would have ever seen the light of day because it was a political…

— Shoojit Sircar