Brandon Stanton's Blog, page 388

"I’ve got three core beliefs: eat right, exercise, and...

"I’ve got three core beliefs: eat right, exercise, and don’t smoke. I figure I better do two of those things."

"I’m trying to repair my relationship with my mom. It fell...

"I’m trying to repair my relationship with my mom. It fell apart at a young age. I’d say it was 90 percent my fault- give or take 10%. I was always getting in trouble. I started smoking weed at the age of eleven. The final wedge between us came when she stopped getting emotional about my behavior. That’s when the relationship ended. Because even when she was the angriest, there was still a relationship. If someone’s hateful toward you, that still means something."

"One time I was driving this couple around, and they told me to...

"One time I was driving this couple around, and they told me to drive really slowly through Times Square because they’d always dreamed of doing something. I started to ask what, but then they closed the partition. And the limo started bouncing around so much that people on the street were asking me if I had engine trouble."

"What’s your greatest struggle right now?""Wondering if...

"What’s your greatest struggle right now?"
"Wondering if we’ll fit in when we go to high school next year."

"One thing that is crazy to think about is how many normal Nazis...

"One thing that is crazy to think about is how many normal Nazis there were. All the ordinary people who got swept up by this man, and suddenly they are involved in terrible things, and they don’t know how they got there, and they don’t know how to get out. But don’t use that quote. I don’t want anyone to think I’m a Nazi sympathizer."

Seen on the Upper West Side

Seen on the Upper West Side

"I was hoping I’d be somebody by now."

"I was hoping I’d be somebody by now."

"We’re jazz musicians.""If jazz was a person, how would...

"We’re jazz musicians."
"If jazz was a person, how would you describe that person?"
"Some dick that doesn’t pay me."

"The haters are going to be so mad when I make my millions."

"The haters are going to be so mad when I make my millions."

"I’m telling you. Prayer works.""What’s a time that...

"I’m telling you. Prayer works."
"What’s a time that prayer didn’t work for you?"
"The time I didn’t pray."