First person Quote by Diane Wakoski

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

— Wally Lamb

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 write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and…

— Roxane Gay

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

— Adam Duritz

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

— Atul Gawande

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

— Truman Capote

I'm such a first-person writer.

— Laura van den Berg

I write about my experiences, so a lot of times, I do write about people.

— India Arie

I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

— Rob Reiner

I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences.

— Aaron Carter

The only reason I write at all is because I am going through, and growing through, something in my life I want to share…

— Daphne Oz