I have a bad habit, in the shows that I run, of killing off the people that I love. Eric Kripke More Quotes by Eric Kripke More Quotes From Eric Kripke Kids aint supposed to be grateful! They're supposed to eat your food, break your heart. Eric Kripke gratefulheartkids It's hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again. Eric Kripke broken-heartfalling-in-loveasking Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch. Eric Kripke optimisticbunchtelevision We are definitely living in the butterfly effect theory, where any change that is made in the past is going to have a very logical cause-and-effect ramification of the present. Eric Kripke butterflycausespast When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches. Eric Kripke napkinscocktailsstones 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. Eric Kripke plotwantrooms 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 reward the audiences loyalty. Eric Kripke rewardsloyaltyway When I am kicking around show ideas, or really any idea, usually an image comes to me. I don't really start with a character or a logline like, "What if the electricity turned off?" Eric Kripke what-ifcharacterideas People simply don't make eye contact anymore. Eric Kripke eye-contacteyepeople People love a good mystery; I understand that. Eric Kripke mysterypeople Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective. Eric Kripke mythologyburdenperspective I'm mostly coming at the superhero legends as an outsider, I know them and I studied them but I didn't really grow up with them, but I think it allows me to sort of analyze them in a way that's kind of interesting. Eric Kripke growing-upinterestingthinking If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do,but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic. Eric Kripke humanisticworldviewknows I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore. Eric Kripke lifelongurban-legendsobsession I like to tell stories that have beginnings, middles and ends. Eric Kripke endsstories Let's be honest, any show will live or die based on how good the characters are, how good the actors are, how complicated the relationships are, how grounded they are and how much heart they have. Eric Kripke actorsheartcharacter Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies. Eric Kripke suppliesiphonewater If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic. [That worldview] is that the only thing that matters is family and personal connection, and that's the only thing that gives life meaning. 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. Eric Kripke guybrothergiving Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole. Eric Kripke shotgunsdriverspicks I'm kind of a comic book geek, but I'm not really a super hero comic book geek. Eric Kripke geekherobook
