My first wife was a brunette, and Barbi Benton, my major romantic relationship of the early 1970s, was a brunette. But since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonds.

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.

In other people's company I felt I was dull, gloomy, unwelcome, at once bored and boring...

Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.

My hair takes a while to get right, I use wax to get it to stand up.

The electricity is back on in Baghdad. That is a very climactic moment in any country's liberation, when the lights come back on and you get a good look at what you looted.

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!

And after reading Thoreau I felt how much I have lost by leaving nature out of my life.

I've always gone out with men who wanted a cook all the time.

Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

I treasure a core value of humanity and that guides people why they act the way they do. I will use this to show other people how they can understand each other… as one, we can help society.

For many years, I used to pray as an act of power, but that was before I had 100% faith in myself.