I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
If you want to accomplish something, the first person you have to overcome is yourself. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
I was Patient Zero. The first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet. — Monica Lewinsky Copy Share Image
I was your first kiss, Your first love. You was mine. & You were the first person to hurt me. What did… — Lovebear Copy Share Image
My scope on what's good is if I like it. The first person I have to please is myself. — Maren Morris Copy Share Image
When I got my knee replacement and I opened my eyes straight outta surgery, the first person standing there was Guru's son. — DJ Premier Copy Share Image
“You’re the first person I want to talk to in the morning, and the last thing I want to see at night.” — Sarina Bowen Copy Share Image
“I thought I was going to be the first person to die from gum build up clogging my stomach cavity” — Katie Kacvinsky Copy Share Image
Clipping is a very specific, concept-y thing. We have all these rules: we don't sample drums. We create all our own sounds.… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
I never had a strategy about my life. I didn't have enough information to have a strategy. I'm the first person in… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“Brynne was my greatest gift. She was the first person to really see inside me. Only her eyes seemed even capable of… — Raine Miller Copy Share Image
My mother is a first generation American. Her father worked in the Roebling Steel Mill in Trenton, New Jersey.And yet my mother… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd was the first person in rock I had seen with makeup on. He wore black nail polish… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
For me, that's always been one of the great charms of the first person: we gain access to a very personal, private… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I read an article some years back in which Emma Thompson demeaned my mother's acting ability. My mother would be the first… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
The reward of the young scientist is the emotional th rill of being the first person in the history of the world… — Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Copy Share Image
Your mom is the first person you fall in love with, so it's loaded forever and carries all this baggage. There's almost… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
“Listen, death happens to everybody,” he said after a moment’s hesitation, typically direct and pragmatic. “You’re not the first person who ever… — Z.K. Kostka Copy Share Image
The first time on stage is such a blur to me. I remember how it felt more than anything. I remember everything… — Paul F. Tompkins Copy Share Image
I had an unorthodox high-school experience; I shifted around to different schools. When I got to college and met Larry Sacharow, who… — Taylor Schilling Copy Share Image
You witness the artists acting as witnesses, but they provide a point of view that's less monolithic. It's less official in a… — Massimiliano Gioni Copy Share Image
“I love you,” I said firmly. “That might change over time, but for right now, you’re the first person I think about… — Kaitlin Bevis Copy Share Image
I don't like to risk - I'm actually not a tough guy at all, make no mistake about it, so I'm not… — Kenny Omega Copy Share Image
“When we arrived at the wedding at Marlboro Man’s grandparents’ house, I gasped. People were absolutely everywhere: scurrying and mingling and sipping… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When we sing, I am one of many, and the individual me evaporates. I am one of 23 university choir members. Not… — Laura Kelly Copy Share Image
“Don’t strive to be a well-rounded leader. Instead, discover your zone and stay there. Then delegate everything else. Admitting a weakness is… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
“On June 23, 1942, there was a group of French Jews in a German prison, on Polish soil. The first person I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“There is an important insight contained in the book of Genesis, concerning the loss of eros when the body takes over. Adam… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“Once you get past all the Mr. Vinsons, you're going to start getting closer and closer--that is, if you want to, and… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Hello, there should be more advice about dealing with depression when you're stupid and worthless, so here is a self help exercise.… — Joey Comeau Copy Share Image
“This way of behaving, this way of feeling, so hysterical, so sad, when someone has died, I don't like at all and… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Nothing is more vulgar than a careful avoidance of beginning a letter with the first person singular. — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
If you're going to document your own journey, the jokes work better in the first person, just like the stories do. — Jason Isbell Copy Share Image
The first person I really saw dominate a game was Jerry Rice. And Michael Irvin. — Demaryius Thomas Copy Share Image
Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative. — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
Houllier did what he had to do – I’m not the first person to be treated like a disposable commodity — Robbie Fowler Copy Share Image
“The day stared back an empty gray, with not a speck of white to give character to the lifeless sky.” — Ashley Madau Copy Share Image
“The first person I think of when I wake up in the morning, the last person I hope for when I fall… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work. — James McBride Copy Share Image
![“I had an unorthodox high-school experience; I shifted around to different schools. When I got to college and met Larry Sacharow, who ran the theatre department [at Fordham University in NYC], he was the first person to say ‘I believe in you.’ At that point, I just needed someone to say ‘I see you…” quote by Taylor Schilling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/taylor-schilling-9238_actor_i-had-an-unorthodox-high-school-experien_2705071.jpg)
