My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.

Smoking helped put me in touch with the realm of the senses.

I have been married twice, and those were not the happiest times of my life. Part of the problem, quite frankly, is that when you get married, the romance disappears and the children arrive and the love is transferred. It shouldn't be that way, but too often it is transferred to the children.

People get their information in different ways now. And we are a little poorer for it, because the way you get information affects what you learn.

I always say now that I'm in my blonde years. Because since the end of my marriage, all of my girlfriends have been blonde.

The notion that Playboy turns women into sex objects is ridiculous. Women are sex objects. If women weren't sex objects, there wouldn't be another generation. It's the attraction between the sexes that makes the world go 'round. That's why women wear lipstick and short skirts.

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