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I hate my name. It's a stupid, horrible name.

I'm horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad.

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

I'm, like, really bad at remembering names.

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.

I don't tell many people my last name.

I don't like names that are clever or made-up sounding.

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

I've never once corrected someone who got my name wrong.

I tell myself that some names can be mistakes, like Mxyplyzyk, a store in New York that lost customers because few could spell its name to look up the address. I tell myself that lots of writers agonize over titles, and often get them wrong at first.