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Philip K. Dick quotes

American Writer March 2, 1928 – March 2, 1982

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In Washington and Moscow they are saying, 'Man has finally come of age; he doesn't need paternalistic help.' Which is another way of saying, 'We have abolished that help, and in its place we will rule,' offering no help at all: taking but not giving, ruling but not obeying, telling but not listening, taking life and not giving it. The slayers govern now, without interference; the dreams of mankind have become empty. Philip K. Dick
The person I am now, compared with the person in the dream, has been baffled and defeated and only supposes he enjoys a full life. In the dreams, I see what a full life really consists of, and it is not what I really have. Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick quote: "To save one life, Mr Tagomi had to take two. The logical,..."
To save one life, Mr Tagomi had to take two. The logical, balanced mind cannot make sense of that Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick quote: "She makes life over, he realized. She controls life, whereas..."
She makes life over, he realized. She controls life, whereas I just sit on my can and let it happen to me. Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick quote: "Don't never participate in no bad scenes, he reminded himself;..."
Don't never participate in no bad scenes, he reminded himself; that was his motto in life. Philip K. Dick
There are no private lives. This a most important aspect of modern life. One of the biggest transformations we have seen in our society is the diminution of the sphere of the private. We must reasonably now all regard the fact that there are no secrets and nothing is private. Everything is public. Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick quote: "But an artist, he realized. Or rather so-called artist...."
But an artist, he realized. Or rather so-called artist. Bohemian. That's closer to it. The artistic life without the talent. Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick quote: "Everything in life is just for a while."
Everything in life is just for a while. Philip K. Dick
Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups... So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole... Philip K. Dick
Any system which says, This is a rotten world, wait for the next, give up, do nothing, succumb--that may be the basic Lie and if we participate in believing it and acting (or rather not acting) on it we involve ourselves in the Lie and suffer dreadfully... which only reinforces that particular Lie. Philip K. Dick
Why does a man cry? he wondered. Not like a woman; not for that. Not for sentiment. A man cries over the loss of something, something alive. A man can cry over a sick animal that he knows won't make it. The death of a child: a man can cry for that. But not because things are sad. A man, he thought, cries not for the future or the past but for the present. Philip K. Dick
I never felt like that before. Maybe it could be depression, like you get. I can understand how you suffer now when you're depressed; I always thought you liked it and I thought you could have snapped yourself out any time, if not alone then my means of the mood organ. But when you get that depressed you don't care. Apathy, because you've lose a sense of worth. It doesn't matter whether you feel better because you have no worth. Philip K. Dick
In wretched little lives like that, someone must intervene. Or at least mark their sad comings and goings. Mark and if possible permanently record so they'll be remembered. For a better day, later on, when people will understand. Philip K. Dick
A weird time in which we are alive. We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope. Philip K. Dick
A person’s authentic nature is a series of shifting, variegated planes that establish themselves as he relates to different people; it is created by and appears within the framework of his interpersonal relationships. Philip K. Dick

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