I remain good friends with most of the major relationships in my life.

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.

Throw off your grief, ' doubters imply, 'and we can all go back to pretending death doesn't exist, or at least is comfortably far away.

I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't.

A child may have to be snatched with roughness away from a fire so that he shall not be burnt.

Do I not deal with angels When her lips I touch.

Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation - it is the one unbreakable diamond.

I think you get one great love in your life like that, if you're lucky enough, where you hold nothing back. And I'm not saying that's the healthiest way to love either.

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one: but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

When I sleep every night, what am I called or not called? And when I wake, who am I if I was not I while I slept?

I spent eighteen months as a graduate student in physics at Columbia University, waiting unhappily for an opportunity to work in a laboratory and wondering if I should continue in physics.