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

When you write scripts, it begins to feel like you're living in them.

I can speak to my experience and say that CalArts worked out very well for me. After CalArts, I went to Cartoon Network, and then came to Disney.

I always designed 'Gravity Falls' to be a finite series about one epic summer-a series with a beginning, middle, and end.

When I was 12 years old, I was obsessed with codes, conspiracies, and secret messages.

I always thought, if I was gonna make a kids show, I would want to make something that my own 12-year-old self would love. So, I put all that in a blender and stewed it together to create 'Gravity Falls.'

I love the idea that if you watch something twice, three times, four times, you'll continuously notice new things.

I was obsessed with the Loch Ness Monster, I would look through these books in the library and dream about visiting Loch Ness one day... That stuff was really kind of what I loved as a kid.

It's always fun to write the little bit of TV that the characters watch in 'Gravity Falls,' because it's a perfect place to poke fun at the media.

With Twitter and Tumblr, it's easy to get lost in the tidal wave of feedback from fans.