84 Quotes by Alex Hirsch

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

I went to art school for four years to learn a very expensive lesson - that there are many other artists who are way better than me.

I personally went canvassing door to door in a local race when I was in high school and thought it was kind of hilarious how worked up people got over such small stakes elections.

I spent 90 percent of my childhood playing SNES and N64, and my favorite games were the ones packed with secrets.

Everyone has days where they don't get their way, where you have to go to bed early or you have too much homework to do or you can't eat the candy that you want or you miss your favorite TV show and, in those moments, you just want to tear the whole world down.

There are so many shows that go on endlessly until they lose their original spark, or mysteries that are cancelled before they ever get a chance to payoff.

I think good kids TV has got to have layers. It has to have compelling characters that everyone loves, but you can't dumb it down.

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.

My mom is always right.