Life is bittersweet. Inside our heads, if we're lucky, we're the same kids as we were when we were young.

The phenomena there is something in us that on the one hand bonds us with like people but somehow makes us suspicious of other people.

After all the Puritans came to America to escape from persecution and then turned around and started persecuting other people. So I understand that conflict that we have related to play and pleasure and sexuality. And I think what has made my life worthwhile is trying to deal with some of those questions.

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

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

There's always been a little bit of the crusader in me, and you need dragons to slay, without the conflict and the controversy I think that what I managed to do less, and I take a great deal of pride in the accomplishment.

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