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Eric Kripke [1974-0] American

Rank: 102
Director, Television writer

Eric Kripke is an American television writer, director, and producer. He is the creator of The WB series Supernatural, the NBC series Revolution and more recently, the NBC series Timeless.

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People simply don't make eye contact anymore.		101
It's hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.		102
People love a good mystery; I understand that.		103
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.		104
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.		105
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?'		106
When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.		107
If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.		108
I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.		109
I like to tell stories that have beginnings, middles and ends.		110
Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies.		111
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.		112
Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.		113
Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch.		114

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