Eric Kripke

Eric Kripke
Eric Kripkeis an American television writer, director, and producer. He is the creator of The WBseries Supernatural and more recently the NBC series Revolution...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth24 April 1974
CityToledo, OH
CountryUnited States of America
butterfly past logical
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.
sexy fun character
What I think networks do so well are big, fun, accessible, invite everybody into the tent kinds of storytelling, akin to an early Spielberg movie or a Michael Crichton novel. That's not to say that there aren't scary parts 'cause there are, and that there aren't sexy parts and edgy parts, just like early Spielberg would have, but there's a lot of heart, a lot of emotion and complicated characters.
painful
It's always better to go personal and painful than to go big.
fun
I like to find ideas where the research is going to be fun.
fun interesting be-good
A show is going to be good and fun to work on, if the research is interesting.
grateful heart kids
Kids aint supposed to be grateful! They're supposed to eat your food, break your heart.
optimistic television bunch
Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch.
perspective burden mythology
Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.
chickens
I've never counted my chickens before they've hatched.
eye people eye-contact
People simply don't make eye contact anymore.
broken-heart falling-in-love asking
It's hard asking someone with a broken heart to fall in love again.
stones cocktails napkins
When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.
worldview humanistic ifs
If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do,but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.
urban-legends obsession lifelong
I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.