First Person Narrative Quotes

• Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as 'I' - you are inhabiting that 'I.'

  Kate Atkinson

  Writing, People, Different

  "Emotionally weird? Moi?". Interview with Kim Bunce, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2000.

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• Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me to the world of romance, which I have since never left. Also, the world of the first-person narrative.

  Meg Cabot

  Growing Up, Book, Romance

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• There are certain things in 'Twilight'... As much as I'm proud of that movie and I do like it, I feel like maybe I brought too much of myself to the character. I feel like I really know Bella now. But most readers feel like they know Bella because it's a first-person narrative.

  Kristen Stewart

  Twilight, Character, Proud

  Interview with Dennis Hopper, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 27, 2009.

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• Marie Houzelle is a master of the first-person narrative. In Tita she has created a strange, utterly original child whose deadpan certainties are a beguiling invitation to readers of all ages.

  Katharine Weber

  Children, Age, Narrative

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

  James McBride

  Narrative, Firsts, Tools

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