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I want to make a name for myself.

In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name. Some of them can get it, but many can't.

I wanted to make a name for myself.

I wish I could write 'Taxi Driver,' or 'Blue Velvet,' something brave, audacious, dramatic and dark. I don't know if I have the darkness in my own soul to be able to tap into it, unfortunately.

I'm a huge David Lindsay-Abaire fan. If I could write, I would want to write like him.

That's my name. I know it's difficult, and it's not pretty, but it's my name.

I have so many favorite authors; I can't name just one.

If I write the song, I get to name it.

I just want to make a name for myself and get to the next level.

I make up names for people all the time - it's part of writing. Very often, the name comes with the character, along with of a sense of who they are and what they do.