I didn't want to repeat my parents life. I saw in their lives a routine and a lack of dreaming, a lack of the possibilities, a lack of passion. And I didn't want to live without passion.

Nothing goes on forever. I think that's one of the illusions of life. When I talk about my life being an extension of my dreams and fantasies, there's a tendency to think of them as immature. I live in a mature world. The majority of the people in this society live with delusions and illusions much more irrational and hurtful than mine. They deal with mortality, with fantasies relating to heaven and hell, and they don't really deal with their problems at all.

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

One of the things I've tried to do with my life is redefine the boundaries that I think are very limiting. I'm not suggesting that everybody should have three girlfriends, or necessarily have girlfriends living with them. I think there are many, many options to living your life.

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.

For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the life.

I always think, quite frankly that pop culture is a lot more important than a lot of people realize.