Eric Kripke Quotes & Sayings

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

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

“People simply don't make eye contact anymore.”

“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.”

“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?'”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies.”