Philip K. Dick

the bombardment of pseudo-realities begins to produce inauthentic humans very quickly, spurious humans—as fake as the data pressing at them from all sides.

My two topics are really one topic; they unite at this point. The two basic topics which fascinate me are “What is reality?” and “What constitutes the authentic human being?”

the “real” world was a fake, and that we were all living in Palestine sometime in the first century AD

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

The only way to write is to write. There's no other way. You just have to sit down and do it.

I'm not a science fiction writer. I'm a writer who uses science fiction as a metaphor for reality.

The ultimate truth is that there is no ultimate truth.

I write to explore. I write to find out what I think. I write to discover what I believe.

I think the universe is a living organism. And we're all just cells in that organism.

I'm not interested in writing about the future. I'm interested in writing about the present, and how it's becoming the future.

The greatest danger to humanity is not machines, but other humans.

I think we're all living in a simulation. And we don't even know it.

I'm not a prophet. I'm just a writer who sees things clearly.

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

I believe in God, but I don't believe in organized religion. I think it's a way of controlling people.

I think we're all a little bit mad. And that's a good thing. It keeps us interesting.

The only thing that's real is what you perceive. And if you perceive something differently, then it's real for you.

I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of not living.

I think we're all just puppets on a string. And we don't even know who's pulling the strings.

The future is not something that happens to us. It's something we create.