A biography for Christie Hefnerhasn’t been written yet.
“The people who relate to Playboy, both readers and people who produce it, are not the way the critics think they are.”
“To me, saying you're not a feminist should be like saying you're a racist. It should be that politically unacceptable.”
“I experienced no conflict between my mother and father, which was entirely due to my mother's compassion, intelligence, and maturity.”
“I don't think you can know too many smart people. I don't think you should ever stop meeting people.”
“I prefer tailored clothes. I always have. But I find that whatever I wear, people see it as charged with symbolic meaning.”
“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.”
“My mother thinks I could have even run a larger company.”
“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.”
“I believed deeply that digital was an empowering opportunity for Playboy, not a threat.”
“I don't know what a world would be like if you do away with sexy images.”
“Playboy's all about why it's worth working so hard.”
“If you ever get to a point where you stop learning, you will find your professional options and your personal satisfaction severely curtailed.”
“I never have to this day, because my money is the money I earn.”
“I think in the '80s, we certainly wrestled with what was the role of 'Playboy Magazine' in a post-sexual revolution, post-feminist world.”
“I've always believed about brands and media that the mistake sometimes that's made is to think you're just going to take what you've been doing and kind of re-purpose it into the new platform. I don't think that ever works because consumers look for different experiences in different media formats.”
“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 of Chicago as a great entrepreneur city, a city that supports its own, that isn't as jaded as New York and L.A.”
“I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college.”
“I've lectured at the Harvard Business School several times.”
“I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.”