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I wanted to build up a name for myself.

I wanted to make a name for myself.

I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it.

I think maybe I might have to do what some other authors do, which is do a variation on my name, just to send readers the message that, 'Yep, this is me, but this is a different part of me. So brace yourself.'

I'm a very hands-on person; I don't just want to give my name to something and not be a big part of it.

My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

My name is Bolt, Lightning Bolt.

They put their feelers out for all the names and then they'll cast you up to the point a name steps up, and then it doesn't matter how much they love you, there's a certain marketing value on that name, and there you go.