--- title: "19 Real Quotes By Philip K. Dick" description: "19 Real quotes by Philip K. Dick. Plus more from Philip K. Dick and more Real sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/philip-k-dick-502_consider_can-we-consider-the-universe-real-and-if_161579.jpg" --- > [Can we consider the universe real, and if so, in what way?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/can-we-consider-the-universe-real-and-if-so-in-what-way/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/philip-k-dick-502_consider_can-we-consider-the-universe-real-and-if_161579.jpg) > [THE ONLY REAL FAILURE IS TO FAIL OTHERS.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/the-only-real-failure-is-to-fail-others/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/philip-k-dick-502_failing_the-only-real-failure-is-to-fail-others_1424991.jpg) > [“I am a mask, concealing the real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/i-am-a-mask-concealing-the-real/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/philip-k-dick-502_crisis_i-am-a-mask-concealing-the-real-1547233_1547233.jpg) > [In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out loud if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/in-my-writing-i-even-question-the-universe-i-wonder-out-loud-if-it-is/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/198/philip-k-dick-502_ifs_in-my-writing-i-even-question-the-univer_767342.jpg) > [Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/little-kids-are-that-way-they-feel-if-their-parents-aren-t-watching/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/511/philip-k-dick-502_children_little-kids-are-that-way-they-feel-if-th_1151969.jpg) > [The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the pre-Socratic Greek…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/the-pre-socratic-greek-philosopher-parmenides-taught-that-the-only/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/philip-k-dick-502_greek_the-pre-socratic-greek-philosopher-parme_3076378.jpg) > [Basically, Sherri's idea had to do with bringing Fat's mind down from the cosmic and the abstract to the particular. She had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/basically-sherri-s-idea-had-to-do-with-bringing-fat-s-mind-down-from/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/philip-k-dick-502_abstract_basically-sherri-s-idea-had-to-do-with-b_382105.jpg) > [So books are real to me, too; they link me not just with other minds but with the vision of other minds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/so-books-are-real-to-me-too-they-link-me-not-just-with-other-minds/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/482/philip-k-dick-502_book_so-books-are-real-to-me-too-they-link-me_585951.jpg) > [How can days and happenings and moments so good become so quickly ugly, and for no reason, for no real reason? Just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/how-can-days-and-happenings-and-moments-so-good-become-so-quickly/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/philip-k-dick-502_change_how-can-days-and-happenings-and-moments_2338262.jpg) > [I must admit that the existence of Disneyland (which I know is real) proves that we are not living in Judaea in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/i-must-admit-that-the-existence-of-disneyland-which-i-know-is-real/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/philip-k-dick-502_ads_i-must-admit-that-the-existence-of-disne_129699.jpg) > [In 1955, when I'd write a science-fiction novel, I'd set it in the year 2000. I realised around 1977 that, 'My God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/in-1955-when-i-d-write-a-science-fiction-novel-i-d-set-it-in-the-year/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/philip-k-dick-502_1950s_in-1955-when-i-d-write-a-science-fiction_1156487.jpg) > [We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/we-live-in-a-society-in-which-spurious-realities-are-manufactured-by/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/philip-k-dick-502_ask_we-live-in-a-society-in-which-spurious-r_1093179.jpg) > [Maybe each human being lives in a unique world, a private world different from those inhabited and experienced by all other humans.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/maybe-each-human-being-lives-in-a-unique-world-a-private-world-2/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f4/philip-k-dick-502_different_maybe-each-human-being-lives-in-a-unique_796293.jpg) > [The real origin of science fiction lay in the seventeeth-century novels of exploration in fabulous lands. Therefore Jules Verne's story of travel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/the-real-origin-of-science-fiction-lay-in-the-seventeeth-century/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/philip-k-dick-502_band_the-real-origin-of-science-fiction-lay-i_2675418.jpg) > [The psychotic does not merely think he sees four blue bivalves with floppy wings wandering up the wall; he does see them.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/the-psychotic-does-not-merely-think-he-sees-four-blue-bivalves-with/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/philip-k-dick-502_blue_the-psychotic-does-not-merely-think-he-s_663144.jpg) > [I used to dig in the garden, and there isn't anything fantastic or ultradimensional about crab grass... unless you are a SF…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/i-used-to-dig-in-the-garden-and-there-isn-t-anything-fantastic-or/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/philip-k-dick-502_always_i-used-to-dig-in-the-garden-and-there-is_225929.jpg) > [The tragedy in his life already existed. To love an atmospheric spirit. That was the real sorrow. Hopelessness itself. Nowhere on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/the-tragedy-in-his-life-already-existed-to-love-an-atmospheric-spirit/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/philip-k-dick-502_age_the-tragedy-in-his-life-already-existed_144213.jpg) > [We are in a maze which we built, and then we fell into, now can't get out. To make the game into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/we-are-in-a-maze-which-we-built-and-then-we-fell-into-now-can-t-get/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/philip-k-dick-502_built_we-are-in-a-maze-which-we-built-and-then_1962981.jpg) > [Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/because-today-we-live-in-a-society-in-which-spurious-realities-are/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/philip-k-dick-502_bigs_because-today-we-live-in-a-society-in-wh_935482.jpg) ## Other authors on Real ## More by Philip K. Dick > [So we and our elaborately evolving computers may meet each other halfway. Someday a human being, named perhaps Fred White, may shoot a robot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/so-we-and-our-elaborately-evolving-computers-may-meet-each-other/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [Even if all life on our planet is destroyed, there must be other life somewhere which we know nothing of. It is impossible that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/even-if-all-life-on-our-planet-is-destroyed-there-must-be-other-life/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [“That is not how you do it; you do not solve one problem with another, greater problem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/that-is-not-how-you-do-it-you-do-not-solve-one-problem-with-another/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [For each person there is a sentence—a series of words—which has the power to destroy them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/for-each-person-there-is-a-sentence-a-series-of-words-which-has-the/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/i-want-to-write-about-people-i-love-and-put-them-into-a-fictional/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/why-does-a-man-cry-he-wondered-not-like-a-woman-not-for-that-not-for/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [The day came. The wrath descended. Sin, guilt, and retribution? The manic psychoses of those entities we referred to as states, institutions, systems -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/the-day-came-the-wrath-descended-sin-guilt-and-retribution-the-manic/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [The church of my choice is the free, open world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/the-church-of-my-choice-is-the-free-open-world/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [“I see,' Rick said. He felt numb. Completely. Throughout his entire body.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/i-see-rick-said-he-felt-numb-completely-throughout-his-entire-body/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [“What is identity? he asked himself. Where does the act end? Nobody knows.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/what-is-identity-he-asked-himself-where-does-the-act-end-nobody-knows/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/you-re-killing-yourself-with-cynicism-your-idols-got-taken-away-from/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [What scared me the most was when my father would put on the gasmask. His face would disappear... This was not a human being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/what-scared-me-the-most-was-when-my-father-would-put-on-the-gasmask/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [“A man is an angel that has become deranged, Joe Fernwright thought. Once they – all of them – had been genuine angels, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/a-man-is-an-angel-that-has-become-deranged-joe-fernwright-thought/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [“When do I see a photograph, when a reflection?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/when-do-i-see-a-photograph-when-a-reflection/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) > [My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/my-major-preoccupation-is-the-question-what-is-reality/) [Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real/philip-k-dick/#itemlist", "name": "19 Real Quotes By Philip K. Dick", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Can we consider the universe real, and if so, in what way?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip K. 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