Answers Quote by Jayne Ann Krentz

Pen names have always fascinated me, in part because I understand the professional and economic and even societal reasons to do so.

— Kameron Hurley

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday,

— Nelson DeMille

Trust me, I did not set out to establish three pen names and, for the record, I do not recommend it as a career…

— Jayne Ann Krentz

The decision to use a pen name was nothing more than a desire to compartmentalise my life. However, I had not thought about an…

— Ashwin Sanghi

When I started writing, I didn't have the common sense to use a pseudonym, so I write under my own name. If I did…

— Nicola Cornick

I love it when people ask if Jennifer Weiner is a pen name. Um, if I wanted a pen name I could have done…

— Jennifer Weiner

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

— Jonathan Ames

Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name.

— Mindy Kaling

I write everything with fountain pens. I don't know why. I've done it since I was bar mitzvahed. I was given a fountain pen,…

— Tony Kushner

Naming my favorite books feels like naming a favorite child - impossible.

— Libba Bray

I made a List of Special People in my Life with Pencil. But when I Reached Ur Name, I used a pen… Bcoz I'm…

— Ritu Ghatourey

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

— Anonymous