Quotes from Dylan Lauren

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.

Everything I own has some significance to me.

My whole house has a lot of silk flowers - it feels like a garden.

While I'm in L.A. I always make time for my favorite activity which is hiking. The trails in California are amazing, as they are always challenging, and I never get bored from all the beautiful scenery.

If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Otherwise, the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson were so much a part of my childhood, and Janet and I have become friends. So my second dream job would be backup singer for Janet Jackson!

Computers intimidate me.

It's inspiring to watch people love my dad and want to work with him. I feel that same investment in making sure people are happy.

I'm not so much a shoe or bag person as jewelry, and I think it's because jewelry is like candy.

I love accessorizing with jewelry.

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

We chose to use a surrogate as the way we wanted to start our family, particularly as I was traveling across the globe on a stressful schedule to get stores open.

One day, I'm designing a candy product; the next day, I'm going to a candy factory. The day after that, I might be traveling to Los Angeles to look at a possible location for another store.

I love 'Gossip Girl' for so many reasons. The show is like candy: a delicious treat for fans.

My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I became fascinated by the idea of living in a candy land with chocolate rivers and lollipop trees.

Putting good energy into your body and raising your serotonin will lead to a positive mood, exuding a more attractive glow.

Believe in yourself, listen to your gut, and do what you love.

If you're running a race, and you're looking at the lane to your right or your left, you're gonna trip instead of... focusing forward.

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

I have many friends who had kids solo, who adopted, who used surrogates - no one was judging them - it's a new world!

I love all the gift guides that the magazines put out, whether it's 'InStyle' doing Mother's Day gifts or color guides, or the 'O' magazine Christmas guide.

I love Janet Jackson and her creative set design.

My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love 'When Harry Met Sally.'

So much of what we decide to carry in our stores is based on what we hear through the Dylan's Candy Bar Facebook Page and Twitter feeds.

I feel like I filled a niche for myself as a candy freak, trying to find candies all around the world that I couldn't find.