Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston Hefneris an American adult magazine publisher, businessman, and a well-known playboy. Hefner is a native of Chicago, Illinois and a former journalist for Esquire. Hefner is also a World War II veteran. He is best known for being the founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises. A self-made multi-millionaire, he is now worth over $43 million, because of his success for creating the Playboy magazine. Hefner is also a political activist and philanthropist active in several causes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth9 April 1926
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I'm never going to grow up. Staying young is what it is all about for me.
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.
They must be doing something right up there in Canada.
Women have traditionally been either put on pedestals or damned as the source of all sexual temptation and sin. These are two sides of the same coin, since both place women in a nonhuman role. Playboy has opposed these warped sexual values and, in so doing, helped women step down from their pedestals and enjoy their natural sexuality as much as men.
Since time immemorial, youth has set the universal standard of physical beauty, and the reason is simply that a shapely firm young face and body are more attractive sexually and aesthetically than bulges, sags and wrinkles.
Beauty is everywhere -- on the campus, in the office, living next door ... Nice girls like sex too -- it's a natural part of life. Don't be ashamed of it.
Retirement is unthinkable to me. The future is bright and very exciting and I'm looking forward to playing a part in it.
Retirement is unthinkable to me. The future is bright and very exciting and I'm looking forward to playing a part in it.
We're separated by our myths.
Playboy isn't like the downscale, male bonding, beer-swilling phenomena that is being promoted now by (some men's magazines). My whole notion was the romantic connection between male and female.
I think the Playboy philosophy is very, very connected to the American dream.
I suggested that sex was not the enemy, that violence was the enemy, that nice girls like sex.
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.