Someone once asked, 'What's your best pickup line?' I said, 'My best pickup line is, 'Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner.'
Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.
With the rabbit as our emblem, when we got to the point in 1960 of opening the first Playboy Club... one of our executives suggested the possibility of a bunny costume. We tried it out, and I made some modifications - added the cuffs and the bow tie and collar - and the bunny was born.
Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now.
You know, from my point of view, I'm the luckiest cat on the planet.
In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life.
Surrounding myself with beautiful women keeps me young.
Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.
I'm never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me.
If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.
I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.
I have about 100 pairs of pajamas. I like to see people dressed comfortably.
'Playboy' was not a sex magazine as far as I was concerned. Sex was simply part of the total package; I was trying to bring sex into the fold of a healthy lifestyle.
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.
It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
Part of the concept behind the magazine was breaking barriers. And it wasn't just a sexual thing. It was racial and doing the things that were right. And in the process, that set 'Playboy' apart.
It is women who have traditionally, historically been given non-human roles, perceived as simply the daughters of Eve, perceived as either Madonna or whore. And I think that it is the sexual revolution that plays one part in female emancipation.
Ageism is a variation of racism or sexism, all the other isms.
I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since the end of my marriage, I've dated nothing but a succession of blondes.
Could I be in a better place and happier than I am today? I don't think so.
