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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/let-s-be-honest-any-show-will-live-or-die-based-on-how-good-the/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/eric-kripke-14863_actors_let-s-be-honest-any-show-will-live-or-di_1910182.png)

## More by Eric Kripke

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/i-m-not-a-fan-of-endless-mystery-in-storytelling-i-like-to-know-where/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [Kids aint supposed to be grateful! They're supposed to eat your food, break your heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/kids-aint-supposed-to-be-grateful-they-re-supposed-to-eat-your-food/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/if-i-had-a-worldview-and-i-don-t-know-if-i-do-but-if-i-did-it-s-one/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do,but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/if-i-had-a-worldview-and-i-don-t-know-if-i-do-but-if-i-did-it-s-one-2/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/mythologies-become-exhausting-burdens-from-a-writer-s-perspective/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [At the end of day, people are starving and, if people are starving and thirsty and they need to keep their families alive, people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/at-the-end-of-day-people-are-starving-and-if-people-are-starving-and/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [In TV and movies, you kill yourself spending all this time to think up the symbolism or what if that deer that runs across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/in-tv-and-movies-you-kill-yourself-spending-all-this-time-to-think-up/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/when-i-am-kicking-around-show-ideas-or-really-any-idea-usually-an/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [I have a bad habit, in the shows that I run, of killing off the people that I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/i-have-a-bad-habit-in-the-shows-that-i-run-of-killing-off-the-people/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [Your half-caf, double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/your-half-caf-double-vanilla-latte-is-getting-cold-over-here-francis/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [I like to tell stories that have beginnings, middles and ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/i-like-to-tell-stories-that-have-beginnings-middles-and-ends/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [Your half-caff double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/your-half-caff-double-vanilla-latte-is-getting-cold-over-here-francis/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [There are so many shows out there, so you really need to work hard to separate yourself and cut through the static.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/there-are-so-many-shows-out-there-so-you-really-need-to-work-hard-to/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [I've never counted my chickens before they've hatched.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/i-ve-never-counted-my-chickens-before-they-ve-hatched/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

> [Beyond all our Blackberries and iPhones, we're dangerously separated from our food and water supplies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/beyond-all-our-blackberries-and-iphones-we-re-dangerously-separated/)

[Eric Kripke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kripke/)

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