Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear.

I've met talespinners before, Jake, and they're all cut more or less from the same cloth. They tell tales because they're afraid of life.

Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.

Come on back and we’ll see if you remember the simplest thing of all – how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark.

The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear? Yes. My Imagination. I thought you were going to say "Fear, itself." Then you have a small imagination.

stop now before i kill you a word to the wise from your friend PENNYWISE

The more you read, the less apt you are to make a fool of yourself with your pen or word processor.