Merrill Markoe Quotes
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In a way, watching an attractive, potentially dangerous guy play guitar is a little like watching a tiger agree to do tricks for his trainer. You know that they could just turn and kill you. But you're so flattered and pleased that instead they agreed to stand on a decorative box and wave and count for the crowd that for a while you forget how big the scary part of them really is.
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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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A wacky, trendy outfit on a guy over 40 indicates he's got big issues.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to break.
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Men, as a general rule, shy away from therapy because there is no obvious way to keep score.
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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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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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No one would argue against the fact that L.A. leads the country in opportunities for being hip and pretentious.
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my mother ... took the fact that my taste differed from hers as a personal insult.
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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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our culture is definitely the eighth grade. It's run by eighth-grade boys, and the way these boys show a girl they like her is by humiliating her and making her cry.
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Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness.
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When anyone lacks self-awareness and doesn't recognize their transparencies, it's always funny.
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The day is divided into two important sections: Mealtimes and everything else.
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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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Beware the man who doesn't ask you any questions about yourself on your first date.
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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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Reality television is a scripted hyper-life that employs writers, but won't allow them to call themselves writers or join the union.
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It's surely no accident that there are horoscopes in Vogue, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Woman, New Woman, Elle and Cosmo ... but not Sports Illustrated, GQ, Esquire, Field & Stream or Guns & Ammo.
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Whatever behavior you've experienced from people in the past, expect them to do it again and again and again.
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It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!.
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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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I am deeply grateful for the life I do have. In many ways, I am very fortunate.
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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.
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