First person Quote by Dawn O'Porter

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

— Truman Capote

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'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 find it hard to write in the first person.

— Michiko Kakutani

I think I'd been limiting myself in some ways just writing in first person all the time.

— Adam Duritz

Writing in the first person, you immediately open yourself up to the idea that there's a connection between you and the narrator.

— Sally Rooney

When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.

— Pearl Cleage

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 tool to…

— Michael Pollan

When I'm writing, especially when I'm writing in first person, I don't think about the characterization, or how they are going to express themselves,…

— Richard Matheson

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

— Wally Lamb

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