Alex Hirsch

I work all the time and find it hard to switch off.

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with UFOs in particular, and the paranormal.

A sibling is a friend for life, but they are a friend for life that you are forced to have. And like anything that you are forced to do, occasionally people will drive you crazy.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.'

You don't have to sugar coat things for kids. If you make something for them with intelligence they will show that intelligence in ways that will sometimes shock you.

Animation's a small industry, and no matter where you go you're going to meet your friends from CalArts.

My mom is always right.

I spent many years of my childhood pondering the great mysteries like, 'Are aliens real?' and 'Why won't girls talk to me?'

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

When I was 15 I did birdcalls on the David Letterman show, but I have since burned all video evidence of this.

I feel like the best kids shows aren't just for kids.

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

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.

The fact that childhood ends is exactly what makes it so precious - and why you should cherish it while it lasts.

Gravity Falls' didn't just appear overnight - every spooky cave and moss covered tree was created by a team of brilliant artists.

When you're drawing from observation and experience, whether you intend to or not, you'll create a more relatable cartoon.

I tended toward animated material that wasn't just for kids. I could tell as a kid watching those shows that I loved the jokes that I got but I also loved the jokes I didn't get because I felt that I was hanging out with a smarter, cooler audience.

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.

Not a lot of people get to say, 'I'm a cartoon character.'

With the finale episode of 'Gravity Falls' our job as storytellers is to finish all the things we've started.

I feel like I've widened the interest in the automotive world.

Only one per cent of the world actually care about the full-on technical specs of a car. Most people want to know how cool it looks, what gadgets it has, what the buttons do, what it's like to drive and what it sounds like.

Ninety-nine percent of people who drive cars are not car experts.

Comedy is a universal language.

I really try to make myself relatable, which is hard, because supercars in general are not relatable.

I was a radio presenter in Dubai for five years.

When I go to rallies and I see other people driving, I feel I would much rather be behind the wheel myself. That is where I get the most excitement.

There aren't too many women out there who talk about cars. So that one person who I talk the most to about cars is my husband. It constitutes about 90 per cent of our conversations.

I used to cover track events for my radio show, and one day, as a thank you gesture, Bentley called me asked me whether I would like to test drive the Flying Spur. I was in dreamland.

A lot of celebrities love cars, and because they have the money, they get involved in the car world.

What people are going to see on my platform is cars from a different perspective - so that I'm still speaking the same language to the general public. I don't ever want to get too technical.

I want to try to have as many people as possible interested in my content, so it needs to go across language barriers.

The general population isn't interested in the nitty-gritty of cars.

I think Ferraris should always have roses in them, it looks amazing.

The best thing about driving supercars is the way it makes me feel. It's so much fun that I often find myself laughing behind the wheel.

I speak in relatable terms, without too much car lingo, so more and more people can engage with the car world. And I'm not afraid to ask questions on behalf of a whole community of people who want to learn but are afraid they'll be shut down.

It's unfortunate when I see brands spending a lot of time and money on creating online content that hardly anyone watches.

I always wanted to at least visit Dubai - it was a city that I loved to watch on the Discovery Channel. It had the world's biggest everything and clearly had a vision to stand out.

Driving a fast/luxurious car has always been something I aspired to. For some reason, it makes me super happy being behind the wheel of these cars.

I was just always into nice cars and the experience that goes along with them.

I've driven Ferrari 488 GTB, the 488 Spider, the Mclaren 570s and 540c, the Bentley GT3R, GT Speed and V8s, Mercedes AMG GTs, Lamborghini Huracan, and many others.

When people laugh at social media it's because they don't understand how much work is involved. It's like creating any kind of content.

I think the car world can be quite intimidating sometimes. If people don't know too much about cars they often don't feel welcome - and that's a shame and I don't think that should be the case.

I've driven cars worth $6 million and now I'm not as nervous because I do it a lot, but I have to keep my wits about me because if I touch anything or scrape one rim, anything could go wrong.