Dylan Lauren Quotes

Before I got married, I never really watched TV. Now, my husband and I watch 'The Bachelor' together. I love 'The Soup' - that's where I get a lot of my pop culture - and 'Chelsea Lately.

I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.

I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton School.

Anytime you can promote young artists and designers is a cool thing.

Everything I own has some significance to me.

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.

Pinterest has been helpful to my business. Making inspiration boards is really key to developing products. When I was getting married, I literally cut out tear sheets and put my own boards together. Had I known about Pinterest, I would have been able to do it so much more easily.

My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl.

For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.

I am a picky eater. By that I mean, I love to pick the raisins out of oatmeal raisin cookies, the chips out of chocolate chip cookies, the white side off of black and white cookies, and the vanilla center out of Oreos.

Summer is very precious.

When I think of flavours, I think colour, so lemon should be yellow and orange is orange.

My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They told me to make sure that you are happy.

If these rich women from 5th Avenue spend a fortune on cashmere sweaters, they will come to my store to buy gummy bears.

I don't like sitting still at a desk and often conduct business on my Blackberry or in walking meetings.

My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.

I know everything about candy. Would you believe I even know where to find gumballs in the middle of Africa?

Every two months, I allow myself a splurge day where I eat thick, doughy pizza from Pizzeria Uno or an ice cream sundae from my store with birthday-cake ice cream, Marshmallow Fluff, and toppings mixed in.

I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.

My favorite place in the world is my dad's house in Montauk.

Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could have lasted forever.

When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop culture, fashion, art and music with candy. Since then, we have been fortunate to pioneer artistic partnerships with many legends.

Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired.

The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.

There's no denying that candy is comfort food and it's affordable.

My friends call me Clark Kent: I'm known to change in phone booths.