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

topic: Writing, People, Narrative, First Person Narrative

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

topic: Growing Up, Book, Romance, First Person Narrative

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

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

topic: Twilight, Character, Proud, First Person Narrative

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

topic: Children, Age, Narrative, First Person Narrative

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

- James McBride

topic: Tools, Narrative, Firsts, First Person Narrative