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.

I live the life I want to lead.

I'm private because I want to be private.

I consider Playboy very wholesome, frankly.

It's difficult sometimes to, in effect, let go of how you're used to doing things and give the brand room to be reinvented.

I believed deeply that digital was an empowering opportunity for Playboy, not a threat.

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 would like to see both parties aggressively compete for the women's vote and talk about what they will do to unleash the economic power of women, to protect women's health, to provide the right policies that provide for real family stability and real family values.

Nightclubs are a small-revenue business that go through pretty fast popularity cycles.

I've always believed that you need to find interactive applications on the Internet.

It's not unusual for someone running for Senate in Illinois to come see me.

I didn't have the luxury of devoting myself entirely to not-for-profit activities.

You can learn more about leadership by reading about Lincoln than you can from most business books.

My mantra is, I want to work with people that I like to hang out with, who are smart, where I can add value, that I think is an interesting space.

It's embarrassing to be in the only westernized economy that doesn't have paid family leave and flex scheduling, and that disproportionately helps women.

I'm motivated and driven, and I have been from a young age.

When I first came to Playboy, I thought I would go on and do something else in a few years. But when the company got into trouble with political and regulatory challenges, I felt that I could really lead the turn around.

I'm certainly proud of the transformation of Playboy from a magazine to a multimedia corporation.

I freelanced for the 'Boston Phoenix.'

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

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 don't think 'Playboy' would have been successfully started on either coast.

What you don't do is as important as what you do.

The world changed on us. In a world where there were singles bars in every city, women weren't going to go out and hang out in a Playboy Club.