Merrill Markoe Quotes

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• 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.

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  Dog, Sadness, Ceilings

  Merrill Markoe (1992). “What the Dogs Have Taught Me: And Other Amazing Things I've Learned”, Viking Press

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• I’ve made my life’s work spotting assholes. And you know, I think it’s harder now than ever before because there’s so many socially acceptable ways to exhibit a pathological lack of empathy.

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  Thinking, Empathy, Way

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• 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.

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  Dog, Kids, Grandpa

  Merrill Markoe (2006). “Walking in Circles Before Lying Down: A Novel”, p.208, Villard

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• Men who have a lot of charm have it in place of something real that you are eventually going to want from them and find that they do not have.

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  Real, Men, Want

  Merrill Markoe (1994). “How to be Hap-hap-happy Like Me”, Viking Press

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• You just never know when it might be cookie time. And, that is what the dogs have taught me.

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  Dog, Cookies, Might

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• Beware the man who doesn't ask you any questions about yourself on your first date.

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  Men, Firsts, First Date

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• whenever I encountered a slide show titled 'Eight Diet Foods That Pack on the Pounds' or 'Celebrity Fashion Fails,' I'd have to stop and investigate because hey, it might be information I'd need in some unforeseeable future where I had become, for some reason, a fat celebrity.

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  Fashion, Eight, Might

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• The day is divided into two important sections: Mealtimes and everything else.

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  Two, Important, Divided

  Merrill Markoe (1992). “What the Dogs Have Taught Me: And Other Amazing Things I've Learned”, Viking Press

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• Here’s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy brain I used to believe was useless — that is the best brain for creative writing. Words come pouring out easily while my head still feels as if it is full of ground fog, wrapped in flannel and gauze, and surrounded by a hive of humming, velvety sleep bees.

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  Morning, Coffee, Believe

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• Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness.

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  Nightmare, Moments, Complete Happiness

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• 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.

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  Anxiety, Creative, Growth

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2011.

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• No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.

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  Country, Opportunity, Facts

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• 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.

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  Cute, Mother, Father

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• 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.

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  Tasks, Earth, Belief

  Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. November 1, 2011.

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• The phrase "singular incredible life" seems to me that it applies more appropriately to Jane Goodall or David Attenborough, people I regard with awe and who stand for great humanism and knowledge.

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  People, Phrases, Incredibles

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2011.

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• When anyone lacks self-awareness and doesn't recognize their transparencies, it's always funny.

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  Self, Awareness, Transparency

  Interview with AVC, tv.avclub.com. November 1, 2011.

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• As you can imagine this is a very emotional moment for me because Dave promised me many times that I was the only woman he would ever cheat on.

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  Emotional, Moments, Imagine

  "Q&A: The Comedy Writer Merrill Markoe" by Joyce Wadler, www.nytimes.com. October 26, 2011.

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• My goal was always getting my work out in the world, and in many ways, I feel like the luckiest person alive.

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  Work Out, Goal, Alive

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2011.

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• 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.

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  Dog, Children, Self

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• Some people know that they are so adorable looking, all they have to do is smile and dress up and they get plenty from that. Then there are some of us who, early on, see that that doesn't work. So we joke about it.

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  Smile, Adorable, People

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• 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.

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  Sunset, Bars, Way

  Merrill Markoe (2011). “What the Dogs Have Taught Me: And Other Amazing Things I've Learned”, p.200, Villard

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• I think people figure out early in their lives what currency they can work in.

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  Thinking, People, Figure Skating

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• 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.

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  Nice, Men, Clothes

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• 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.

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  Writing, Years, Effort

  Interview with AVC, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2011.

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• More than any other personality trait, my mother seemed to be ruled by anger and sadness. She seemed to hate being a mother. Watching her unhappiness as I grew up made me conclude that the answer was to try and be as unemotional as I could, which many therapists have taught me is a bad idea. It also made me want to avoid marriage and having children.

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  Mother, Children, Hate

  Interview with Litsa Dremousis, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2011.

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