First person Quote by Ottessa Moshfegh

I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's…

— Tamora Pierce

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

Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other.…

— Juliet Marillier

When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have to pretend…

— Paul Auster

For the most part, romance is written in third person, and it's written in multiple points of view, so you're in the hero's head,…

— Sylvia Day

I have never successfully written in the third person. If there's a rhythm or a musicality that interests me, I become obsessed with the…

— Adam Rapp

When you write in the third person, you get to imagine other people's interiority.

— Emily Gould

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

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

I love writing in first person more than third. I have to basically suspend my own world. I don't exist. I'm just a conduit.…

— Terry McMillan

The great majority of modern third-person narration is "I" narration very thinly disguised.

— John Fowles

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

— James McBride