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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kripke/every-so-often-you-want-to-map-out-your-plot-mythology-but-never-so/)

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

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## 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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