I’ve never thought of Playboy, quite frankly, as a sex magazine. I always thought of it as a lifestyle magazine in which… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Playboy isn't like the downscale, male bonding, beer-swilling phenomena that is being promoted now by (some men's magazines). My whole notion was… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
If Playboy ever loses its editorial balls, then it will deserve to be knocked over by a younger, more vigorous magazine in… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I have very strong theories about magazine publishing. And I think that it is the most personal form of journalism. And I… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Publishing a sophisticated men's magazine seemed to me the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I'd been nurturing ever since I… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Did you know that I almost called the magazine Stag Party and the symbol was originally going to be a stag? I… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Men's magazines in the period immediately after World War II were almost all outdoor-oriented. They were connected to some extent in the… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
As Ray Bradbury - a longtime contributor to Playboy - said a long time ago, a lot of people, when they're talking… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
I think that from the very beginning it wasn't simply, what made Playboy so popular was not simply the naked ladies, what… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
If you don't encourage healthy sexual expression in public, you get unhealthy sexual expression in private. If you attempt to suppress sex… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
The people who had the most impact on me when I was young were Freud and Darwin, but growing up I also had my… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - because when you don't embrace sexuality in a normal way, you get the… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
After world war all we got was a lot of conformity, and conservatism and when I was in college at the university of Illinois… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I was writing and cartooning and writing short stories from grade school on. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
At a very early age I started a cartoon scrapbook, actually when I was in high school. And it became, in turn, a scrapbook… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I think age, if you are healthy, I think age is largely a number. My mother lived to be 101. So I'm planning on… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I'm bored of the hanky-panky. I'm still active, but it's different, I like to play dominoes with my girlfriends. Having three beautiful women keeps… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
The notion that Playboy exploited women, because we showed them in beautiful photographs, sexually oriented, strikes me as rather bizarre. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
I was very influenced by the musicals and romantic comedies of the 1930s. I admired Gene Harlow and such, which probably explains why, since… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share
