Philip K. Dick Quotes

Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.

I voluntarily inflicted a certain level of insanity on myself.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

I've always been a lunatic.

Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here!

I had no idea there was such a thin line between sanity and insanity. I got pushed right to the edge by tragedy in my life, and I couldn't stand up; I couldn't recover.

Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing.

Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops.

The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.

The problem with being nuts, she thought, is that you don't always feel as if you're nuts. Sometimes, in fact, you feel perfectly sane, and there just happens to be a trailer-shaped dragon crouching in the lot next door.

Frankly, goin' crazy was the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't say it's for everybody; some people couldn't cope.

You know, addressing my crazy by name doesn’t exactly help me stay sane,” I said. “Nothing can help you stay sane at this point, Mason,” said Becks. “That ship has sailed.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

I'm not much crazier than anybody else, but I'm not much saner.

There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.

We all go a little mad sometimes.

Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.

The only problem with seeing too much is that it makes you insane.

I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad.

It's okay to be crazy, but don't be insane.

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?