Assumption Quote by Michael Pollan

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

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

— Dawn O'Porter

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

— Sarah Dessen

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

If we're reading a first-person account, we know that each and every one of us, myself included, have a great desire to be seen…

— Errol Morris

I have always written only for myself - to clarify things, to clarify things with myself, to understand in an inner way what is…

— Herta Muller

I'm finding things out about myself as a person - as a writer - as I write, and so are the people who listen…

— John Darnielle

I want to say that what is cool about writing self-aware first person narrative is that the awareness is not necessarily the same awareness…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

When I write for myself, I think about myself and draw from my own experience.

— Bonnie McKee

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

“Back to the 1st Person: I'd even made up art theories about my inability to use it. That I'd chosen film and theater, two…

— Chris Kraus