Philip K. Dick Quotes

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

Philip K. Dick

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• Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.

  

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• I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

  

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• I've tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I've failed. I've tried to work outside the studio, but it introduces too many variables that I can't control. I'm really quite narrow, you know.

  

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• Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.

  

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• The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

  

  Philip K. Dick
  • People
  • Reality
  • Words