Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 387

"When I was little, he’d always let me stand on his feet...

"When I was little, he’d always let me stand on his feet when we walked in the ocean, because I was so afraid of jellyfish."

"The hope is that after 8 years, I’ll be made a partner....

"The hope is that after 8 years, I’ll be made a partner. Until then, the job description basically states that I will be worked to death."
"So what’s your greatest fear about the next 8 years?"
"Turning 40 and not having a personal life. Finding out that I’ve gotten where I want to be, but there’s nobody in my life to give a shit about where I am or what I’ve done."

"Let’s not get too deep. I’ve got an infection on my...

"Let’s not get too deep. I’ve got an infection on my eyelid. You can write that."

"Nobody came to my tenth birthday party. I have a very vivid...

"Nobody came to my tenth birthday party. I have a very vivid memory of helping my mother set the table, then watching through the window as the sun slowly set, before finally realizing that nobody was coming. That moment pretty much set the themes for the rest of my life."

"I had really hippie, alternative parents. They pulled me out of...

"I had really hippie, alternative parents. They pulled me out of middle school because they didn’t think it was fulfilling me creatively, and we drove across country in an RV."
"Wait, were you home schooled? You can’t just not go to school, can you?"
"Actually, you kinda can."

"Therapy seems to be going well. Dad said ‘I love...

"Therapy seems to be going well. Dad said ‘I love you.’"

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of...

"If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?"
"Don’t take shit from nobody!"
"Who do you take the most shit from?"
"… my customers."

"My dad was a very hard-driving man.""Can you give an example of...

"My dad was a very hard-driving man."
"Can you give an example of a time he was hard-driving?"
"This happened before I was born, but I saw a newspaper article about it. One time my dad got a flat tire in the middle of the night. He didn’t have a spare, so he got out of the car and started rolling the tire to the nearest town, which was ten miles away. Along the way, a guy pulled over and offered to give him a ride. Once my dad was in the car, the man pulled a knife on him and tried to rob him. My dad knocked the guy out, got his tire back out of the car, and rolled it the rest of the way to town. When the cops found the man, he was still unconscious in his car. And it turned out he had a warrant for armed robbery."

"He only sent me one letter from camp.""But there were...

"He only sent me one letter from camp."
"But there were chocolates in there. Expensive ones."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?""Dora The Explorer."

"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Dora The Explorer."