Gravity Falls is a show about mysteries and magic but first and foremost it's a show about characters.

I thought that was the coolest thing in the world, the idea of somebody trying to solve mysteries. I would see conspiracies in everything. I think I believed in leprechauns longer than any of my fellow classmates because I tried to catch them.

As long as I could hold a pencil, I was drawing and telling stories and making jokes. I've just been lucky that no one ever stopped me, and now I can do that for a living.

Once you train an audience to look for significance, they start to find it everywhere.

I try to be a man of mystery. I try to keep the various projects I'm up to as close to the vest as possible until it's time to reveal them.

There is a very specific, unique brand of rivalry that exists between twins. You're always wondering who the Alpha twin is.

You can look at a finale as chance to make an impact or a statement, to shock people or shoot a big cannon and make a loud noise.