- Chick Hogan: After Norma died, Norman felt lonely. And I felt lonely after my kid and my wife took off, so we became friends. You know, but when I say it like that it sounds like, you know, reductive. It wasn't just a-a-a friendship of necessity. I recognized in Norman that he had the soul of an artist.
- Alex Romero: So what the hell are you doin' here?
- Chick Hogan: I'm dancing with newborn angels, trying to catch a muse.
- Alex Romero: [brandishing his gun] Why don't you say it like a normal person?
- Chick Hogan: [shouting] I'm writing a book!
- Sheriff Jane Greene: Consider cooperating with us. I can't guarantee it'll feel good, but it's the right thing to do.
- Dylan Massett: Good night, Sheriff.
- Alex Romero: If you know what Norman's done, you're an accessory to murder.
- Chick Hogan: Says the escaped convict.
- Chick Hogan: [sitting at his typewriter] Lookin' at you standin' there, the sheriff who's escaped from prison, out on a mission to avenge the woman he loves from her murderous and sick son. It's like
- [chuckling]
- Chick Hogan: It's, like, too much, man. You guys are perfectly worthy adversaries. Perfect.
- [chuckles]
- Chick Hogan: The artificiality of of scripted drama doesn't hold a candle to true crime. Utter surprise, without contrivance.
- [starts typing gleefully as if writing]
- Chick Hogan: More surprise than the brain would allow you to imagine.
- [last lines]
- Norman Bates: [in the interrogation room] Morning, Sheriff. I appreciate the visit, but we're not supposed to be talking anymore.
- Sheriff Jane Greene: We're charging you additionally with the murders of Jim Blackwell and Audrey Ellis. You don't need to say a thing.
- [door closes and latches]