Julie Plec

Happiness is not necessarily a drama magnet.

— Julie Plec

The vampire is the new James Dean.

— Julie Plec

Write something good that the people like.

— Julie Plec

“If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live?”

— Julie Plec

I think Joss Whedon is a genius.

— Julie Plec

Humanity has both its beautiful and its ugly sides.

— Julie Plec

I don't pray. I'm not a deeply religious person.

— 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

I do all these panels where people are always talking about the lack of female directors, and I have a lot of…

— Julie Plec

Once a vampire drinks another vampires blood they are connected to them forever

— Julie Plec

I'm a night owl; I could work until 6 in the morning without even thinking about it.

— Julie Plec

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

— Julie Plec

I don't like villains who are just villains. People who are just there to be bad - ugh - so annoying.

— Julie Plec

'Scream' was the first thing he'd ever written that had gotten made, and I'd been in Hollywood for less than two years.

— Julie Plec

TV writing - for me, at least - is half original voice and half an embodiment and a representation of the spirit…

— Julie Plec

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

I call it 'The Breakfast Club' philosophy. There's something about being trapped in a dire situation with a group of people that…

— Julie Plec

There's a lot of storylines over the years where you feel like it's maybe meant to be more important than it ends…

— Julie Plec

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

There's something about two people coming together in the rain that is the ultimate expression of love in the minds of most…

— Julie Plec

I had a moment where I wrote a movie script, and it was my first movie job, and I was very excited…

— Julie Plec

Showrunning is an arrogant job. You have to be arrogant and hold yourself strong in order for people to hear you. Confidence…

— 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

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

If I walk into the editing room, it's six hours lost. I'm massaging frames. I'm, like, 'Oh, take six frames off that…

— Julie Plec

The funny thing about the entertainment business is that we all feel like kids playing in a candy store, but we are…

— Julie Plec

I realized that I get pleasure when I'm told, 'Don't listen to the haters; they're losers in their moms' basements.' I imagine…

— Julie Plec

When you're dealing with long-distance relationships, it's a relationship played out over technology. When you're in high school, it's because you're not…

— 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

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

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

We all have our own party fantasy that we've either lived or wanted to live in New Orleans.

— Julie Plec

I can stay up until the sun's up, no problem, but I do not like getting up in the morning.

— Julie Plec

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

— Julie Plec

The supernatural world, the sci-fi world - they give you scenarios that can truly be life or death.

— Julie Plec

As you live your life and accumulate friends, both IRL and on social media, ask yourself, are you a bully too?

— Julie Plec

Growing up, I remember watching 'Little House on the Prairie' and 'L.A. Law' and being so obsessed with it.

— Julie Plec

In a non-supernatural universe, there's just character, and it's humanity and human beings and how they relate to each other.

— Julie Plec

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

— Julie Plec