Language Quote by Chris Marker

I use a pseudonym, because my real name is very difficult to pronounce, to remember, and to spell. And many people who have been…

— Jeff Gannon

And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough…

— Poppy Z. Brite

When I'm applying for a new passport, or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher.

— Kit Harington

The idea of a pseudonym had been flitting around my brain for a long time, along with its cognate, disappearance. In the 1980s, I…

— Michael Redhill

When I felt that fame - people were nosing me out - well, I moved on. I used traveling names; wigs if necessary.

— Joni Mitchell

I was a 'name' in Europe because the type of picture I appeared in and the characters I played had a special appeal for…

— Van Heflin

I took the name originally as a kind of disguise because I didn't want people to know I was about to embark on a…

— John Wesley Harding

I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name.

— Jamie Farr

Perhaps I shouldn't have been influenced by the idea that my name could be spread across the entire world.

— Christian Lacroix

I couldn't bear to have people mispronounce my name. But the person I was was this person who was called Chloe.

— Toni Morrison

Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had…

— Sharlto Copley

I knew I didn't have the right name for a singer. Having a name that nobody could pronounce was hardly an asset.

— Scott McKenzie