Zac Posen

One of my goals and dreams is to work in film in the future.

Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.

Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.

As one grows their company and brand, you have to learn to be a leader, and there's no formula.

I truly believe that you can't be a successful business unless there are hiccups. That American mentality of picking yourself up, brushing your shoulders off, and then really going for it makes you 100 times stronger and smarter.

I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.

There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.

When I was little, I had a Norwegian babysitter - and that was my introduction to both regular and salty licorice. We all know the ordinary version, but the salty kind is a favorite candy throughout Northern Europe. It's a guilty pleasure of mine that I have to try not to keep around because I'll eat the entire bag in one go.

Fashion has a dark side - it's not all runways and lipstick and fishtail gowns.

As an object itself, to me, books today are such a rare entity - I want mine to be something where, if left on the kitchen table, a child could pick it up. It can visually tell a story.

Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.

At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need.