Character Quote by Norman Lock

Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.

— James Lee Burke

I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's hard to…

— Laurie Graham

First-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success.

— Anne Rice

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

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

My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something…

— Laurie Graham

One of the strategies for doing first-person is to make the narrator very knowing, so that the reader is with somebody who has a…

— Rachel Kushner

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 person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of…

— Victor LaValle

It is hard to create a first-person narrator that can be a child and yet is able to take in enough information for the…

— Akhil Sharma

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

First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

— James McBride