Television Quotes by Julie Plec

'Originals' is a show that is not about struggling as a vampire but reveling in it. It's about embracing vampirism.

— Julie Plec

If people love 'TVD' in 20 years the way they still love 'Buffy' today - on its 20th anniversary - I will…

— Julie Plec

A long-running show leaves behind a legacy of storytellers and their relationship with the audience.

— Julie Plec

The problem with ratings is that you can give yourself a million reasons why they are what they are.

— Julie Plec

I feel like Caroline Forbes is such a crucial element... on 'The Vampire Diaries.'

— Julie Plec

'The Reckoning' is one of my proudest hours. I love that episode so much.

— Julie Plec

TV is really, really, really hard work. You sacrifice a lot of your personal life, a lot of your sanity, just to…

— Julie Plec

'The Vampire Diaries' is a serialized drama. It deserved its final chapter.

— Julie Plec

I remember just weeping my way through the 'Friday Night Lights' finale with my best friend and just being so happy all…

— Julie Plec

I wanted people to talk about the finale of 'The Vampire Diaries' as one of their favorites, which is a lofty ambition,…

— Julie Plec

I've always been a super-fan of television storytelling. It took me a while to figure that out in a career capacity, but…

— Julie Plec

The joke of being a showrunner is that people ask how you get it all done, and you don't. The list of…

— Julie Plec

I would never say no to continuing to explore the - somebody coined the phrase for me the other day, which I…

— Julie Plec

Don't do another show just because someone thinks that there's a dollar to be earned there. Do it because you love the…

— Julie Plec

I used to sneak 'General Hospital' when I was a kid. My cousin was my babysitter, and she watched it, so I…

— Julie Plec

'Ghost World' was such an incredibly difficult episode to find the right tone for. I remember at the time it was very…

— Julie Plec

Because I was such a student of pop culture growing up, I love that on the list of things that I got…

— Julie Plec

Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful. After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries…

— Julie Plec

I think the model of The CW Network is really built on the fan platform more than anything else. The success or…

— Julie Plec

Fans are always talking about endgame as though endgame has been chosen from minute 1. I don't know that you could talk…

— Julie Plec

Speaking only for myself, the ideal finale to me is 'Friday Night Lights,' where you have loved and worshipped a show for…

— Julie Plec

I always talk about Meredith and Derrick from 'Grey's Anatomy,' and I loved them the most when they sort of opened and…

— Julie Plec

When you're the showrunner, you're the person that's in control of most of the details, and to be able to take all…

— Julie Plec

Cynicism doesn't have its way in series finales. My emotional desire when I watch a series come to an end is to…

— Julie Plec

It took me some time to realize television, for someone like me, was the perfect medium. I like to produce, I like…

— Julie Plec

I look at 'Friday Night Lights' as one of my all-time favorite series finales, and that is what you want. After all…

— Julie Plec