Books Quote by 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

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

— Anne Rice

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

When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see.

— Pearl Cleage

I have never written a novel that volleys back and forth between a couple of different first person perspectives. It's definitely a challenge because…

— Jesmyn Ward

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

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

Everyone is interesting except the narrator in a first-person story.

— William Kennedy

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

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

— James McBride

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

— Sarah Dessen

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

— Truman Capote