Nick Bryant

The rest shunned me.

I went to LA and tried to sell it.

I came really close, but I wasn't able to sell it.

At the end of that year, I found myself, I'm not a plan B kind of guy.

I moved to New York City with, I don't know, 15 or 20 grand.

I mean, I'm from Minneapolis.

I had a lot of stuff published in Minneapolis.

So by the time I got to New York, I had a pretty good portfolio.

And I moved into this...

studio apartment that I called the cave because it had no light.

It had windows, but then there was a wall right next to the windows.

So I had to open the door and look outside to see if it was raining or sunny or whatever.

So I was living in the cave and my rent was like $750 or something like that.

And I thought to myself, should I get a part-time job or should I just go for it?

And I just said, well, I'm just going to go for it.

So I just started, and this is before the internet with email and stuff like that.

So I just started, I had little packets that I'd put together, my clips, and then I'd, and priority mail, and I'd send them out.

And I didn't have a plan B. If that didn't work out, I mean, I was going to end up in the park.

So there was a strong incentive for me.

to make that work out.