Down Quote by Gloria Steinem

I have for many years been puzzled by the persistence of Hugh Hefner. Why is he still here?

— Nora Ephron

Hugh Hefner represented pop culture in a way that no else could.

— Scott Coker

Hugh Hefner was a trailblazer. He followed his bliss and his bliss lead him to a billion-dollar fortune.

— Sherlyn Chopra

I am like Hugh Hefner minus anything good about his life.

— Ray Romano

To this day people will say, 'What do you think about doing 'Playboy?'' I feel honored to be a part of that bit of…

— Gena Lee Nolin

Even after they had stopped modeling for Playboy and had settled down with other men to raise families of their own, Hugh Hefner still…

— Gay Talese

I wrote a draft of 'Playboy' for Warner Brothers, and it was impossible to really be independent of Hugh Hefner. In the end, Hugh…

— Peter Morgan

“I’ve never been to the Playboy mansion,” he wrote, “but Thyme Hill must make Hugh Hefner look like a spinster having a few lady…

— Norman Mailer

I had an opportunity many, many times to go to the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner. Jerry Buss asked me many times and you…

— Marcel Dionne

The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

As far as a career legacy, I just want to be known as the guy everyone had to watch for, constantly.

— Denny Hamlin

“In December 1969, Susan wrote a freelance piece for Playboy on women’s lib, but it never ran—Hugh Hefner spiked it. Hef’s memo as to…

— Lynn Povich