Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe
Merrill Markoe is an American author, television writer, and sometime standup comedian...
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth13 August 1948
american-musician few guys hats last men notice remove stuff sunglasses thick
A few last men to beware: guys who won't remove their hats and sunglasses - they think you're too thick to notice the stuff they think they're hiding.
writing years effort
When you have been writing for a lot of years, you have to make an effort not to start repeating yourself. It occurred to me that I tended to tread certain ground automatically, because it was comfortable, but that there were areas I avoided automatically because they made me nervous.
self awareness transparency
When anyone lacks self-awareness and doesn't recognize their transparencies, it's always funny.
celebrity-gossip care want
I don't like the celebrity gossip culture, and I certainly don't want to contribute to it. I don't care about the Kardashians, or any of them.
goal work-out world
My goal was always getting my work out in the world, and in many ways, I feel like the luckiest person alive.
creative care productive
I care about being creative and productive.
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.
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.
acceptance magic gone
It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!.
cute mother father
Beware the cute, hot guy who kind of reminds you of the parent you don't get along with: your cold, distant father who left when you were a kid or your hot-tempered mother whom you could never please.
sunset way hips
A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and pretentious nightclubs and bars along the Sunset Strip.
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.
dog might taught
You just never know when it might be cookie time. And, that is what the dogs have taught me.
might lists truth-is
Of the things I know to be true in life, right at the top of the list of irrefutable truths is, "No one ever listens to anyone." It might even be No. 1.