“I was raised in a typical Puritan Midwestern Methodist home and there was a lot of hurt and hypocrisy in those times. And I think that whatever part Playboy played and that I managed to play in terms of the sexual revolution came out of what I saw in the negative part of that life and tried to change things in some positive way so that people could choose alternate personal ways of living their lives.” PeopleThinkingWayPlayHomeTermHurtSawsRevolutionNegativeRaisedHypocrisyTypicalPuritanPlayboyMethodistsSexual Revolution Author:Hugh Hefner
“The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there.” HomeNumbersDearBlockBuriedCemeteryDear Friend Author:Hugh Hefner
“The whole 1950s notion was find the right girl, get married, move to the suburbs and then hang out with the guys while she stayed home with the babies. I felt that was sort of sad.” WholeHomeMovingGuyGirlFeltBabyMarriedNotionHanging OutSuburbsRight Girl Author:Hugh Hefner
“I was a very idealistic, very romantic kid in a very typically Midwestern Methodist repressed home. There was no show of affection of any kind, and I escaped to dreams and fantasies produced, by and large, by the music and the movies of the '30s.” KindShowsHomeDreamKidsFantasyAffectionRepressedIdealisticMethodistsVery Romantic Author:Hugh Hefner
“I was raised in a truly typical Midwestern home with a lot of repression. My life, and the creation of Playboy, were a response to that repression.” HomeCreationResponseRaisedTypicalRepressionPlayboy Author:Hugh Hefner
“My folks were farm people from Nebraska, so I like home cooking.” PeopleHomeCookingFolksFarmsNebraskaHome Cooking Author:Hugh Hefner
“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.” PeopleHomeMoralPureKissingStandardsRaisedVery GoodFolksGood PeopleHugRepressed Author:Hugh Hefner
