Publishing a sophisticated men's magazine seemed to me the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I'd been nurturing ever since I was a teenager: to get laid a lot.

In my own words, I played some significant part in changing the social-sexual values of our time. I had a lot of fun in the process.

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.

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

I think the Playboy philosophy is very, very connected to the American dream.

Being attacked by right-wing Christians did not bother me. Being attacked by liberal feminists did.

I think our society is fragmented. Messages regarding human sexuality have always been mixed in America. We are a schizophrenic nation. We were founded initially by Puritans, who escaped repression only to establish their own. Then the founding fathers gave us the Constitution to separate church and state. But the one thing that got left out of all those laws was human sexuality.