Melissa Robbins

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367 quotes

"Wisdom is knowing your limitations, and I know mine very well."
Wisdom
"Success smells like desperation and coffee, mostly coffee."
Success
"I'm not broken, I'm just creatively assembled."
Humor
"The world makes way more sense when you stop trying to understand it."
"I'm pretty sure I'm having a crisis, but I'm not entirely sure what about."
Life
"Sometimes you just have to make a movie about your feelings and hope someone understands."
Art
"The best part about being a teenager is that nobody expects you to have it figured out."
Wisdom
"I've learned that talking to yourself is either brilliant or concerning. I haven't decided which yet."
Knowledge
"Life is basically just trying to film things before they disappear."
Time
"My camera is my therapist, and it's way cheaper than a real one."
Creativity
"I think the meaning of life is in the details nobody else notices."
Philosophy
"You can't make a good movie without chaos. The same is probably true for life."
Courage
"Sometimes the best moments are the ones nobody else thinks are worth filming."
Beauty
"I'm convinced my life would make a terrible documentary but an amazing sitcom."
Humor
"The truth is usually more awkward than you want it to be."
Truth
"I think I understand people better when they're not paying attention to me."
Relationships
"Happiness is probably just finding the right angle to film something."
Happiness
"Real friends are the ones who don't mind being in your weird movies."
Friendship
"I've never been good at asking for help, but I'm excellent at filming myself struggling."
Strength
"The camera captures everything except what actually matters."
Truth
"I think I'm afraid of things that can't be rewound."
Fear
"Success is probably just making something nobody else would think to make."
Success
"Family is basically people you're forced to film forever."
Family
"I've learned that the best ideas come from being bored and slightly depressed."
Creativity
"Change is definitely happening whether I film it or not."
Change
"The only constant in my life is my need to document the inconstant."
Philosophy
"I think love is probably just obsessing over someone with a camera."
Love
"Hope is that feeling right before you hit record."
Hope
"School teaches you a lot about patience. Mostly because it's so boring."
Education
"I've decided that wisdom is just knowing when to stop filming."
Wisdom