Quotes from Christie Hefner

At the very beginning, I said my life and Playboy are a Rorschach test. It's a culmination of the dreams and fantasies and prejudices you bring to the table

I consider Playboy very wholesome, frankly.

In college, my big money memory was saving up to buy a car with my boyfriend, whom I lived with.

My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.

I'd actually call myself pretty much a liberal. A progressive liberal. Because I do think that government is there to be a provider of services for people who cannot provide for themselves.

It's important not to limit the amount of their own money that candidates can spend, but to give other people access to enough money to run competitive races.

Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.

I've always believed that a goal in life is not to own a boat but have a friend with a boat.

While I have always had a good relationship with my father, much of the time it has been a very limited relationship until I was older. So you can't really give him credit or blame for how I turned out.

Access to legitimate information and thoughtful analysis is the lifeblood of a democracy, the basis of which people make decisions about who they vote for and what they believe in. And if you're only getting half the story, that certainly doesn't lead to an informed citizenry.

Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.

I like dressing sexy, and I like having a good time.

I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.

My father has always enjoyed games... always with a combination of the fun and social side of it, but also always highly competitive.

In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?

Actually, my parents were separated by the time I was about 2 years old.

The people who relate to Playboy, both readers and people who produce it, are not the way the critics think they are.

Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.

Not only did I enjoy the creative side of Playboy and enjoy being surrounded by people who are curious about life, but I also love the analytical and hard business side of it.

I don't know what a world would be like if you do away with sexy images.

Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.

Women would all be better off if we realized we didn't have to choose between being an intelligent being and a sexual being.

I never intended to go into the family business. I've always been drawn to wanting to do something else at some time in my life.

Before I went to work for 'Playboy,' I planned to apply to Yale to get a public policy master's. I felt drawn to go into politics. Even before that, my dream was to wind up either in the Senate or on the Supreme Court. I had big dreams as a little girl.