Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe is an American author, television writer, and sometime standup comedian...
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth13 August 1948
american-musician episode guide seen tv
I, too, have never seen an episode of Moesha, and even more amazing, I have never even read a TV Guide description of an episode.
dog sadness ceilings
I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see a wistful sadness and existential angst, when all he is actually doing is slowly scanning the ceiling for flies.
nice men clothes
Beware the old man in young guy's clothes. If he's over 35 and comes to pick you up looking as though he's headed for a skateboarding competition while you are dressed to go to a nice restaurant, this is not a good sign.
echoes childhood training
The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to break.
dog might taught
You just never know when it might be cookie time. And, that is what the dogs have taught me.
dog children self
My dogs, the only creatures on the planet marked by my singular nurturing imprint, have all turned out to be rude and self-absorbed. In all likelihood, if they were children instead of dogs, I would have foisted more Charlie Sheens or Kardashians onto our crumbling culture.
dog home intelligent
We are pretty sure that we and our pets share the same reality, until one day we come home to find that our wistful, intelligent friend who reminds us of our better self has decided a good way to spend the day is to open a box of Brillo pads, unravel a few, distribute some throughout the house, and eat or wear all the rest. And we shake our heads in an inability to comprehend what went wrong here.
dog kids grandpa
I always hated those classic kid movies like Old Yeller or The Yearling where the beloved pet dies. What would be so wrong with having those damn kids learn their lessons about mortality from watching Grandpa kick? Then at least the dog would be around to comfort them.
earth tasks belief
Since - in my belief system - we each get only one go-round here on planet Earth, it is the task of the writer to interpret, examine, and reflect on the specifics of their one and only life experience.
creative anxiety growth
I have learned that the stuff that causes me anxiety, the stuff I instinctively veer away from, is usually a road map to where my own creative growth can be found. So I consciously head toward the places that make me uncomfortable.
creative care productive
I care about being creative and productive.
self awareness transparency
When anyone lacks self-awareness and doesn't recognize their transparencies, it's always funny.