Melissa Robbins

"Music is what plays while I'm filming things."

"The best moments are always ruined by someone asking what you're doing."

"I think I'm slowly becoming my camera."

"Peace would be nice, but I'm too busy documenting the chaos."

"Nature is great until you have to film outside in bad weather."

"I believe that everyone is interesting if you film them long enough."

"Work is what happens between filming sessions."

"My dreams are basically just really long movies."

"Humor is how I explain things I don't understand."

"Beauty is probably just lighting and timing."

"I think about death sometimes, mostly because everything ends anyway."

"Perseverance is just hitting record again when the first take failed."

"I'm grateful for things mainly after I've filmed them."

"Imagination is the only part of my life that doesn't need a camera."

"Leadership is someone else's thing. I just film it."

"I've learned that talking about your feelings is easier if you're behind a camera."

"Justice probably happens somewhere, but I haven't filmed it yet."

"Patience is something I'm definitely not learning."

"Kindness is probably more interesting than I realize."

"Money would be nice for better equipment. That's really it."

"Health is something you notice when it's not working."

"Adventure is what happens when your camera battery dies."

"History is just old footage we wish we had."

"Politics is boring unless there's something weird to film."

"War seems stupid when you actually think about it."

"Motivation comes from somewhere between anxiety and ambition."

"Inspiration is usually just desperation to make something before I forget about it."

"Relationships are complicated, which makes them good to film."

"Solitude is nice until you remember you live with your family."

"I think I understand myself better through a lens than in person."