Alex Hirsch

I think there are a lot of shows out there that value being hip or cool over being funny and heartfelt. ”

It's weird because we live in this age of reboots. Everything is getting rebooted: 'The X-Files,' 'Twin Peaks.' We have shows like 'Gravity Falls' that were inspired by these shows, that are now ending and being followed up by reboots of the shows that inspired them. ”

Gravity Falls' has so much inspiration that comes from 'Twin Peaks,' the idea of Agent Cooper being the one to drive Dipper and Mabel home made me feel like, yeah, they're going to be all right. ”

We passed a sign for Boring, Oregon. We never went there, but I was positively enchanted with the idea that there was a town called Boring. 'Gravity Falls' is partially from what I imagine Boring might be like. Or maybe the opposite of Boring, Oregon, would be 'Gravity Falls.' ”

I remember as a kid being scared of the things that go bump in the night, but I was way more scared of adults. ”

Cliffhangers are a lot of fun, but I think they can be easily abused if you're not careful. ”

I think twins can sometimes be shoved into the same mold and they can start to feel like they're not being given a chance to develop their own identities. ”

I never doubted that if I applied myself and tried to learn that I would good at it. I've had a lot of lucky turns, no doubt. But it's actually been a fairly direct line from control-freak, cartoon-obsessed kindergartner to control-freak, cartoon-obsessed executive producer. ”

I've never pitched a joke that I wouldn't be comfortable seeing in a Pixar film. ”

A lot of the fun of 'Gravity Falls' comes from the secrecy surrounding the plot. We want fans to be able to guess and speculate, to be surprised by twists and be engaged when they get things right. ”