I think in the '80s, we certainly wrestled with what was the role of 'Playboy Magazine' in a post-sexual revolution, post-feminist world.
— Christie Hefner
We should all miss bookstores. They let you discover things.
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.
Honestly, in retrospect, it probably was a little easier being an adolescent and not having people immediately know that Hef was my dad.
With someone who is genuinely abusive or a bad person, you should just get out of town. But if they're being the best person they know how to be, then you have to decide if there isn't much there you can love and not become consumed with what they're not able to give you.
I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.
I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.
Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.
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.
I'd guess that 80 percent of the people who work for Playboy are feminists.
I don't know what a world would be like if you do away with sexy images.
I have invested in the stock market since I was very young.
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 had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.
No, I never thought about my father's money as my money.
I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.
I think this country is growing up a little bit.
In any endeavor, you have to understand your tolerance for risk. What's a failure you can afford?
I think I've established my own identity here at Brandeis.
I like dressing sexy, and I like having a good time.
I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.
My mother thinks I could have even run a larger company.
But maybe because the dot-com world gives people positions at a younger age, and many women are prominent in this business, it will help change the view about who can run big companies.
We don't fight about money... I hate to see people fight about money.
I defend the right of almost everything to be published... because I think that you're better off in trusting the marketplace than allowing other people to make that decision.
I'm surrounded by very powerful women and very progressive men.
Well, I grew up around the magazine and was part of a generation that was embracing our sexuality.
Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.
I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.
Most people sell stock to pay taxes, but I didn't want to sell any stock.
In college, my big money memory was saving up to buy a car with my boyfriend, whom I lived with.
From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.
What's funny in Italy may not be funny in Spain.
It's so deeply disturbing to me that half of the eligible voters don't vote in this country. We talk about how divided the country is. The truth is, we don't even know. We just know what the half that voted thought.
Relationships between men and women have become much more complicated.
I'm not much of a 'road not taken' person.
We're fortunate in my family because we really have three families: my brother, David, and me; the two boys, Cooper and Marston, from my dad's second marriage; and my dad's wife, Crystal.
I think in terms of what I am able to accomplish and build.
Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.
Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.
I know what the attitudes of the readers are: These are guys who love women and respect women.
Half of my employees are women.
The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.
I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.
I expected to go into journalism or law.
I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.
Actually, my parents were separated by the time I was about 2 years old.
I'm basically a gift-giver.
