“My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.”

“I think Hefner himself wants to go down in history as a person of sophistication and glamour. But the last person I would want to go down in history as is Hugh Hefner.”

“Living in the moment, thinking about the future, and staying connected to the past: That's what makes me feel whole.”

“If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.”

“Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.”

“I am in very good health. I've never felt better.”

“The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great.”

“I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.”

“You know, from my point of view, I'm the luckiest cat on the planet.”

“What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same.”

“The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change, but our view of beauty stays the same.”