A long-running show leaves behind a legacy of storytellers and their relationship with the audience. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I think, make it as beautiful as you can, and then rip it away. That's my sadistic thought as a storyteller. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You're supposed to be writing from experience - experience with people, with reading, seeing some homeless guy on the street and making… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
An actor's only perception is of their character, and they're looking at one piece. A writer is looking at the entire story.… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
It was a high-class problem burden, but it was still a burden on 'The Vampire Diaries,' in which we had this group… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
People say like, "I don't know how you do it. You must get no sleep." I actually do get the right amount… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
It took me some time to realize television, for someone like me, was the perfect medium. I like to produce, I like… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
TV writing - for me, at least - is half original voice and half an embodiment and a representation of the spirit… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
The way that 'Vampire' was born was over a lunch. We got asked to do the show. A week later, we were… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Every night, I will write until I'm done. Until my eyes are burning and tearing, and I can't see the computer screen… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Daily, I visualize the smart-ass troll who lives deep in my subconscious, and I pelt him with rainbows and unicorns. I fight a battle… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
'The Reckoning' is one of my proudest hours. I love that episode so much. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Fans are always talking about endgame as though endgame has been chosen from minute 1. I don't know that you could talk to a… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Actors have their own processes, and if you want to be respectful of their process, you've got to communicate with them in the language… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
The problem with ratings is that you can give yourself a million reasons why they are what they are. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Because I was such a student of pop culture growing up, I love that on the list of things that I got to work… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I think that when you're exploring themes of humanity and what defines a hero and what makes us our best self and what makes… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Don't do another show just because someone thinks that there's a dollar to be earned there. Do it because you love the characters, and… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
If the day-to-day culture is saying it's OK to not be inclusive or tolerant, that it's OK to be bigoted, then it's your responsibility… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Once a vampire drinks another vampires blood they are connected to them forever — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
The funny thing about the entertainment business is that we all feel like kids playing in a candy store, but we are entrusted with… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I remember, my freshman year of college, sitting in my TV room at the end of my dorm hallway with one other girl watching… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
