Quotes from Dylan Lauren

I always loved the retail entertainment sector, like FAO Schwartz, where it's a little more exciting than just going into a little corner deli candy place.

I find being a manager really challenging. For instance, I don't enjoy some of the administrative tasks that go along with hiring and firing.

I definitely eat candy in bed. I eat candy wherever I am.

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.

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.

I love the BlackBerry. I'm on it all the time. I literally wrote my whole book, 'Unwrap Your Sweet Life,' on the BlackBerry while I was working out on the StairMill. So many people tease me about having a BlackBerry, but I meet a lot of people who still use one. Obama has a BlackBerry!

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

My husband proposed to me on the beach using candy.

The people at Dylan's Candy Bar, they have to have an inner child and a sense of fun... and love the colors and the textures.

I don't read a lot of books but love magazines like 'Psychology Today.' It's great for getting quick facts.

There are a few entrepreneurs whom I look up to. My dad, Ralph Lauren, has definitely evolved into a lifestyle brand of clothing and home furnishings.

My dad is very down to earth, and I view him as a creative genius, and I am very proud of that.

I like having a lot of sunlight because it helps me wake up. And I don't get depressed in winter.

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

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.

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

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

It's important for me to eat really healthy because I have such a sweet tooth. I eat fish and vegetables for lunch and dinner, and I work out every day.

I received most of my business education around the dinner table. Whether I listened to my father or brothers, or we had business people as dinner guests, I learned from everyone.

I am very athletic and like to play tennis, run, hike, and work out with my trainer. I also enjoy traveling, and given that it's a part of my job, I get to do it a lot.

When I'm running, I like to listen to dance music and hip-hop.

I was not a girly girl. I was a tomboy.

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.