“Nobody likes a clown at midnight”

“When you put on a clown suit and a rubber nose, nobody has any idea what you look like inside.”

“Bill could smell Its breath and it was a smell like exploded animals lying on the highway at midnight.”

“Nobody likes to see a stupid guy wise up.”

“I've become convinced that genius is a vastly overrated commodity. I think this country is full of geniuses, guys and gals so bright they make your average card carrying MENSA member look like Fucko the Clown. And I think that most of them are teachers, living and working in small town obscurity because that's the way they like it.”

“Kill you all!" The clown was laughing and screaming. "Try to stop me and I'll kill you all! Drive you crazy and then kill you all! You can't stop me!”

“I started after him...and the clown looked back. I saw Its eyes, and all at once I understood who It was.""Who was it, Don?" Harold Gardner asked softly."It was Derry," Don Hagarty said. "It was this town.”