"I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist." — Philip K. Dick
"I am a fictionalizing philosopher, not a novelist."
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181 Quotes by Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick has 181 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- No man is infinitely strong; for every creature that runs, flies, hops or crawls there is a terminal nemesis which…
- Then it is in me, too, the psychotic streak. A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.…
- The pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Parmenides taught that the only things that are real are things which never change... and the…
- Be happy now because tomorrow you are dying,
- The psychotic does not merely think he sees four blue bivalves with floppy wings wandering up the wall; he does…
- Giving me a a new idea is like handing a cretin a gun, but I do thank you anyhow, bang…
- Insanity - to have to construct a picture of one's life, by making inquiries of others.
- That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky.
- A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you…
- I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own…
- In my writing I even question the universe; I wonder out loud if it is real, and I wonder out…
- Those who refused to respond to new stimulus would perish. Adapt or perish.
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