Because Quote by Will Hobbs

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

— James Lee Burke

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

When it comes to the form the narrative will take, whether first person, third person, or Aunt Grace's cat, I usually find that the…

— Thomas Steinbeck

To choose the ideal voice for a character is to give a character an ardent and vivid life, to allow him or her to…

— Joyce Carol Oates

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 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

Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously to create…

— Philip Gerard

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

Character and story are suggested by the voice in the words themselves.

— Jayne Anne Phillips

Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and determine your metaphors, your sensibility.

— Philip Gerard

The voice is always the starting place for me with a character.

— Rebecca Hall