If I had a worldview, and I don't know if I do, but if I did, it's one that's intensely humanistic.

I've had a lifelong obsession with urban legends and American folklore.

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 an exciting, fast-paced way - enough that there's a really clear, aggressive direction to where it's going, to pay off mystery and reward the audiences loyalty.

Television showrunners are a foolishly optimistic bunch.

When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.

We say it’s a modern American Western - two gunslingers who ride into town, fight the bad guys, kiss the girl and ride out into the sunset again. And we were always talking from the very beginning that if you’re going to have cowboys, they need a trusty horse.
—Eric Kripke on the decision to add the Impala