At a very early age I started a cartoon scrapbook, actually when I was in high school. And it became, in turn, a scrapbook of my life. And there are about 2,000 volumes.

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

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.

In my wildest dreams, I could not have imagined a sweeter life.

My best pick-up line is "My name is Hugh Hefner."

I'm never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me.

Several girlfriends are easier to handle than one wife.

I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.

I would like to think that I will be remembered as someone who had some positive impact on the sociosexual values of his time. And I think I'm secure and happy in that.

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

Polly Esther Doe was born at 8:03 a.m. on August 14.

The Lone Ranger of vampires. Did that make me Tonto?

I have my own matches and sulphur, and I'll make my own hell.

Art is like an ill-trained Labrador retriever that drags you out into traffic.

I love hanging out with people who make me forget to look at my phone.

There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst.

You've got to sing like you don't need the money.

Love is not about owning someone, but about loving them.

All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy.

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.