When I was young I had a security blanket and a pet dog. The dog got sick and died and the blanket had to be burned, so I guess I was trying to recreate the image of security in the bunny. It was a Citizen Kane/Rosebud thing.

What would make it very difficult to take society back to a repressive time would be technology. The arrival of the Internet.

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.

My life has been devoted to trying to bring a little more understanding to human sexuality - not just in society, but also inside myself. The struggle has been internal as well as external. One of the reasons that I have such tremendous satisfaction at this point in my life is because I know I've made a difference. I've made a difference in a way that really matters to me. I see a lot of terrible things going on in the world, but there are some good things going on too, and I feel I've been a part of that. I really do feel I have been on the side of the angels.

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

Loneliness doesn't have much to do with where you are.

One of the problems with organized religion is that it has always kept women in a second-class position. They have been viewed as the daughters of Eve.