Complexes Quote by Rick Moody

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

— James Lee Burke

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 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

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

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

— William Kennedy

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

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

— Anne Rice

A first-person voice helps to ensure the uniformity and cohesiveness of the narrative; it gathers unto itself incidents and characters in its unstoppable progress…

— Norman Lock

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

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

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