Quotes by Eric Kripke

About Eric Kripke:

Eric Kripke is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is the creator of The WB (now The CW) series Supernatural and more recently the NBC series Revolution.
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Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies.

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Religion and gods and beliefs - for me, it all comes down to your brother. And your brother might be the brother in your family, or it might be the guy next to you in the foxhole - it's about human connections.

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People pitch me the crazy mystery mind-blowing thing all the time. My response is, 'Great, but how do the characters feel about it, and how do we reveal new facets and new dimensions of who they are?'

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People love a good mystery; I understand that.

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It's hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.

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If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.

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I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.

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I'm not a fan of endless mystery in storytelling - I like to know where the mythology's going; I like to get there in an exciting, fast-paced way - enough that there's a really clear, aggressive direction to where it's going, to pay off mystery and r...

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I like to tell stories that have beginnings, middles and ends.

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Every so often, you want to map out your plot mythology but never so specifically that you can't let a story surprise you. You want to allow the type of action of the writer's room so that you have the ability to take a left turn.

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When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.

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Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.

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Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch.

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People simply don't make eye contact anymore.

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A wise man once told me family don’t end in blood, but it doesn’t start there either. Family cares about you, not what you can do for them. Family’s there through the good, bad, all of it. They got your back even when it hurts. That’s family

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What would you rather have, peace or freedom?

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I'm going to take care of you. I gotcha. Because that's my job, right? Taking care of my pain in the ass little brother.

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Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole.

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You think you're funny? I think I'm adorable.

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Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.

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Author Bio

  • NameEric Kripke
  • DescriptionAmerican writer, television director, television producer
  • BornApril 24, 1974
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Television Director; Film Director