I hold to no God," Roland said. "I hold to the Tower, and won't pray to that.

we need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts.

I drink a lot of beer, and that's the drug of choice. You find the drug that works for you. I know, for instance, this guy named Harlan Ellison - and he's not alone - who's very proud of the fact that he doesn't put dope into his body. He tries not to put additives into his body, or anything like that. But he can afford to do that because Harlan's drug of choice is Harlan.

I know your mother lives in your head - almost everyone's mother does, I guess - but you can't let her have her way on this one

Practice is invaluable... honesty is indispensable.

We'll just have to get along. That's what people do, you know? They just get along. And try to help each other.

A dimwit thinks nothing is funny unless it's mean.