For Me, The Magazine Was Always The

The Business End Of Business Has Never Interested Me.

One Of The Things I've Tried To Do With My Life Is Redefine The Boundaries That I Think Are Very Limiting. I'm Not Suggesting That Everybody Should Have Three Girlfriends, Or Necessarily Have Girlfriends Living With Them. I Think There Are Many, Many Options To Living Your Life.

After World War All We Got Was A Lot Of Conformity, And Conservatism And When I Was In College At The University Of Illinois The Skirt Lengths Dropped Instead Of Going Up As They Had During The Roaring Twenties And I Knew That Was A Very Bad Sign, And It Is Symbolic And Reflective Of A Very Repressive Time, And Some Of That Was Laid The Feet Of The Cold War.

Americans Are Fascinated By Our Sexuality And Frightened By It. And During The Reagan And Bush Era You Got An Entire Decade Of Anti-sex Government. Sex Is Not The Enemy. It Is The Beginning Of Civilization, Family And Tribe. Sex Can Be Twisted And Exploited, But In Its Most Essential Form, It's The Best Part Of Who We Are. And It Frightens Us.

I Was Very Influenced By The Musicals And Romantic Comedies Of The 1930s. I Admired Gene Harlow And Such, Which Probably Explains Why, Since The End Of My Marriage, I've Dated Nothing But A Succession Of Blondes.