Accurately Quote by Orhan Pamuk

The first-person viewpoint is more enjoyable to write, because it lets me meander more freely, and it can reveal more of the character's self-delusions.…

— Anne Tyler

When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

— Daphne du Maurier

Novels are political not because writers carry party cards -- some do, I do not -- but because good fiction is about identifying with…

— Orhan Pamuk

In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works, who has…

— Micah Perks

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 strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing about. Novels…

— Orhan Pamuk

Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.

— Jen Lancaster

As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said views do…

— Jen Lancaster

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

“Political activists rarely like fiction of any kind. Literature is about ambiguity, mixed emotions, and guilty pleasures. Politics is about ideals and action.”

— Christopher Bram

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

I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.

— Zadie Smith