Imagine Quote by Emily Gould

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

— Truman Capote

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

— Dawn O'Porter

To imagine yourself inside another person... is what a storywriter does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last…

— Eudora Welty

To imagine yourself inside another person...is what a story writer does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last…

— Eudora Welty

When you write about people three dimensionally, it inspires a sense of empathy. That would be something that I want people to take away…

— Sarah Gerard

I can't believe when you write something from within, how many people relate to it.

— Molly Shannon

I always wrote about myself in the third person. I knew how to promote myself so it sounded intelligent. I know how to package…

— Lisa Lampanelli

I think in a lot of ways, writing, when you're really in there, is like being an actress because you're in somebody else's head.

— Tama Janowitz

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

— Sarah Dessen

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

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

— Edwin Schlossberg