Advantage Quote by Anne Tyler

First person allows deeper insight into the protagonist's character. It allows the reader to identify more fully with the protagonist and to share her…

— Juliet Marillier

I think first-person narrators should be complex, because otherwise the first-person is too shallow and predictable. I like a first-person narrator who can't totally…

— Rick Moody

I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third…

— Patti Davis

I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight.

— Sarah Dessen

I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.

— Wally Lamb

Writing in the first person automatically gives you a point of view.

— Truman Capote

In my view, philosophers have shown a great deal more respect for the first-person point of view than it deserves. There's a lot of…

— Hilary Kornblith

The way that I see third person is it's actually first person. Writing for me is all voice work. Third person narrative is just…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

Writing, for me, when I'm writing in the first-person, is like a form of acting. So as I'm writing, the character or self I'm…

— Sheila Heti

I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.

— Sue Monk Kidd

I like the fact that second person puts the reader in the story. It makes them, whether they like it or not, complicit in…

— Rob Roberge

When you're writing in first person you have to be honest about how people think.

— Dawn O'Porter