A long-running show leaves behind a legacy of storytellers and their relationship with the audience. Julie Plec More Quotes by Julie Plec More Quotes From Julie Plec Once a vampire drinks another vampires blood they are connected to them forever Julie Plec vampireforeverblood Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful. After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries has reached a level of closeness that I don't think any of us ever expected. Nina is excited to spread her wings, get some rest, travel the world and also take it by storm, and we support her a thousand-fold. We will miss Nina and the four hundred characters she played, but we look forward to the insane and exciting challenge of continuing to tell stories of our Salvatore Brothers and our much-loved and gifted ensemble. Julie Plec brotherbeautifulgoodbye I always say, "Never give your lead character an infant. Make them a recovering alcoholic, or the victim of a horrible violent crime because you can really never truly recover from that." It's a story pitfall. Julie Plec pitfallsgivingcharacter When you're in a functional friendship or a functional relationship, and you feel like you've got something to share, you can share it with a friend, a lover or whatever. Julie Plec like-youloversshare For me, it is important to not just tell the audience how the story ended today, but to give a glimpse into how other people's stories might go on, in the future. Julie Plec importantgivingpeople People say like, "I don't know how you do it. You must get no sleep." I actually do get the right amount of sleep every night. That's my rule. But if I'm writing until six in the morning I sleep until two in the afternoon and it's the only thing that keeps me healthy and sane. Julie Plec sleepwritingmorning You can love and hate your family with equal measure, but the power of the bond you have to have with them, you can't really ever walk away. Julie Plec walkyoufamilylove I realized that I get pleasure when I'm told, 'Don't listen to the haters; they're losers in their moms' basements.' I imagine these 'losers' and feel better about myself. Their insults hurt less if I label them 'pathetic.' I diminish their value in order to protect mine. I noticed that I'm quick to make a joke at someone else's expense. Julie Plec valuefeelmyselfhurt I suffer mightily at the 7 A.M. calls. I'm happy as a clam on the 7 P.M. calls. Julie Plec callssufferhappy I've learned that I've just barely scratched the surface of knowledge of the profession, and I have deep envy of and appreciation for filmmakers who really, truly understand the physics, the design of filmmaking. They can do story and color and composition and geometry and math and science all at once. Julie Plec deepappreciationscienceknowledge Daily, I visualize the smart-ass troll who lives deep in my subconscious, and I pelt him with rainbows and unicorns. I fight a battle against my judgmental thoughts. And when an opportunity arises to gain acceptance or popularity at the expense of someone else, I zip it. It's not easy. Julie Plec thoughtsdailyfightopportunity There's something about two people coming together in the rain that is the ultimate expression of love in the minds of most audiences, I guess. Julie Plec togetherrainlovepeople I love real women that don't have to be saints, who can be selfish and act out against their parents or like the wrong guy, because that's life. That's my life, at least. Julie Plec my-lifewomenlovelife When you're dealing with long-distance relationships, it's a relationship played out over technology. When you're in high school, it's because you're not supposed to act on those impulses yet. So some of my favorite relationships in drama are based in people that can't really be together. Julie Plec youtechnologytogetherrelationship If I walk into the editing room, it's six hours lost. I'm massaging frames. I'm, like, 'Oh, take six frames off that shot. Hit the music cue right there.' I will drive everybody crazy if left to my own devices in that room. So I try to do everything I can by staying out of the way. Julie Plec walkdrivemusiccrazy The vampire is the new James Dean. Julie Plec james-deannewdeanvampire When you have to spread heroism across too many players, you don't get to really dig deep into each of them as much as you'd want to. Julie Plec deepyouheroismwant I would never say no to continuing to explore the - somebody coined the phrase for me the other day, which I love - 'TVDU,' 'The 'Vampire Diaries' Universe.' I have no desire to exploit it, but I also know that there are plenty of opportunities for stories left to be told. Julie Plec daymeuniverselove I remember, my freshman year of college, sitting in my TV room at the end of my dorm hallway with one other girl watching the premiere of 'Beverly Hills, 90210.' And then, a year later, walking into a room packed with college students watching '90210,' and I thought, 'I wonder what it must be like to be part of a phenomenon like that.' Julie Plec endgirlwalkingremember Happiness is not necessarily a drama magnet. Julie Plec necessarilymagnethappinessdrama
