The notion that Playboy exploited women, because we showed them in beautiful photographs, sexually oriented, strikes me as rather bizarre.

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.

You are the illness I will never cure. You are the poem I will never write. You are the thought I will never finish. You are the text I will never read.

Among other things, Kathryn knew, grief was physically exhausting.

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

Max Rose: Vo? What kind of name is that? Spader: What kind of name is Rose? Isn't that some kind of flower?

I didn't do anything for Russia. I've done nothing for Russia. Hillary Clinton gave them 20% of our uranium.

I don't always see my movies right away. And there are some I haven't seen at all. Sometimes that bothers the directors, so I'm obliged to see them.

I don't feel a yearning or a sense of missed opportunities. I don't have many regrets. So that's a nice feeling. To have no regrets and still have enough sense of adventure to take on risk.

The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed, by, as a loss of power.

It's the bringing together of knowledge and wisdom that is a great part - perhaps the greatest part - of our life's journey.