Tory Burch

I've worked in many companies, and I think that, number one, if you are going to have a great environment, you produce great work... If people are happy, that's what's important. Life is short.

I have always believed in 'less is more' in everything I do, from work to my personal life.

My mother would be the person all of my friends would go to for advice.

I wanted to help women and their families.

I've been writing an ongoing letter to my children since they were born, full of recollections of their childhoods. I've filled two journals. It's a great thing to do as a mother - you forget a lot as you go along, but reading over what you've written brings all the memories back.

My approach to beauty is 'less is more,' but I usually wear a pinky-nude lip color, like my Pas du Tout.

I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time.

I grew up with very elegant parents; their black and white photographs and style are still a huge source of inspiration in designing my collections.

Every job that you have might not be the perfect job, but you really take away different things, and you create relationships.

Entrepreneurs have a great ability to create change, be flexible, build companies and cultivate the kind of work environment in which they want to work.

I think you can have it all. You just have to know it's going to work.