I like to write first-person because I like to become the…

I try to write in the first person - the first person not of a journalist but of a carnivore, an eater, a gardener,…

— Michael Pollan

I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.

— Emily Giffin

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it was.

— Diane Wakoski

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

— William Zinsser

I find it hard to write in the first person.

— Michiko Kakutani

“An author is similar to an actor. They play many characters in their lives—photographer, nurse, dancer, doctor, writer, etc. As an author, you have…

— Mischa Temaul

Because I came to acting quite late, I kind of think one of the few attributes that I do have is that I try…

— Liam Cunningham

I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character,…

— George R. R. Martin

Place is character. And all writing is regional.

— John Dufresne

If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will…

— Amanda Abbington

While I'm acting I'm focused on what I'm trying to say through the character. And when I'm writing, I'm just putting down on paper…

— Meital Dohan

As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try…

— Omari Hardwick

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.

— Lana Del Rey

Write to one person, not a million.

— Fairfax M. Cone

Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.

— Margaret Atwood