Quote by: Philip K. Dick

There is a line somewhere in that translates out to, roughly, 'The world is awful.' Yes, I said to myself as I shot across the Bay Bridge not giving a fuck how fast I drove, that sums it up. That is high art: 'The world is awful.' That says it all. This is what we pay composers and painters and the great writers to do: tell us this; from figuring this out, they earn a living. What a masterful, incisive insight. What penetrating intelligence. A rat in a drain ditch could tell you the same thing, were it able to talk. If rats could talk, I'd do anything they said.


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Author Bio


  • NamePhilip K. Dick
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesRichard Phillips; Jack Dowland; Philip Kindred Dick
  • BornDecember 16, 1928
  • DiedMarch 2, 1982
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionNovelist; Essayist; Science Fiction Writer
  • WorksUbik; Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?; The Man In The High Castle; A Scanner Darkly; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said; VALIS Trilogy; Second Variety
  • AwardsJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award For Best Science Fiction Novel; Hugo Award For Best Novel; Science Fiction Hall Of Fame; BSFA Award For Best Novel; Hugo Award