The slave narratives, there is a wealth of research there, because you are hearing stories from the first person account, and that's… — Jurnee Smollett-Bell Copy Share Image
That I am a national figure because I was the first person in 192 years to be at once a congressman, black,… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference. — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
You were the first person who broke my heart. For the rest of my life, you will be the one who hurt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The first person who teach u the meaning of the word ''Love'' will also be the first person who teaches U the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I did the rock 'n roll-pop cliche of getting burnt out. I'm not the first person that happened to, and I'm sure… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
I think one of the hardest things about doing a book in the first person is that to a certain extent each… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I am not the first person to give birth naturally. Billions of other women have come before me and have done this… — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
Everyone has a different interpretation of characters we know and love from Shakespeare, from 'Miller'. There's specific things about them that are… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
Songwriters I've always been drawn to are people who deal with something of depth in the lyric writing. ...I've always been influenced… — Bruce Hornsby Copy Share Image
I did a lot of reading of first person accounts from Koreans and combatants and aid workers. And I spoke to relatives.… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable. I remember at the very beginning… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
If there's a character type I despise, it's the all-capable, all-knowing, physically perfect protagonist. My idea of hell would be to be… — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
“Those of us who follow politics seriously rather than view it as a game show do not look at Hillary Clinton and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
When you're the first person whose beliefs are different from what everyone else believes, you're basically saying, "I'm right, and everyone else… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Most young comedians would be lying to say that they weren't huge Weird Al fans when they were kids. Weird Al is… — Trevor Moore Copy Share Image
Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And… — Taboo Copy Share Image
As a practical matter, I like the dramatic monologue for its compelling intimacy. To be inside one's character, to register his or… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
I was in love with New York. I do not mean 'love' in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I have a policy that I don't actually watch the work that I do. There are all kinds of reasons to do… — Deborah Ann Woll Copy Share Image
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person… — Samantha Bond Copy Share Image
“Good things never come in suits and make-up, that person you diverge from because they are in sweat, overalls and boots -… — Kabelo Mabona Copy Share Image
The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth both have first-person voices, and I ended up investigating those voices and investing so much… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The casting process for 'Hate Mail' just got so difficult. Once you lock in one person and then you try to find… — Ryan Fleck Copy Share Image
I always start a book thinking that it can be something other than first-person present, and I always come back to first-person… — Ned Vizzini Copy Share Image
I've been a woman in a man's world now for 30 years. I was the first person to broadcast from the floor… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
Before I got big, I was playing point guard, so I'm kinda like a pass-first person. Some people tell me I should… — Zion Williamson Copy Share Image
Firoz Nadiadwala is a close friend; he was the first person who asked me to direct a film for him. I would… — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
There’s an assumption that if someone writes in the first person it’s self-indulgent and self-regarding. I just look at it as a… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
It is hard to create a first-person narrator that can be a child and yet is able to take in enough information… — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
“She's the first person to smile at me today. The first to make me feel wanted. Understood. I blink back tears. It's… — Lisa Fipps Copy Share Image
The first person I met in the business was David Heyman, who was a producer on Daytrippers and who went on to… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward,… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I'm the one who's dating the craft-service guy instead of the producer. Plus, if a producer is going to date a hot… — Whitney Cummings Copy Share Image
The appeal of travel books is also the sense that you are different, an outsider, almost like the Robinson Crusoe or Christopher… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“So they promised this new way of living to the whole world, but when you promise something to the world, the first… — Catie Disabato Copy Share Image
But really, for me, I tried to find first-person accounts. I tried to read stories from men and women who had survived… — Jurnee Smollett Copy Share Image
