- Norman Bates: Can you keep this secret about me? Can I trust you, Chick?
- Chick Hogan: Trust is the foundation and the bedrock of every relationship. You can trust me, uh, Norma.
- Norman Bates: I'm kinda glad you know, actually. It's been a real pain in the ass having to hide every time you came over.
- Chick Hogan: [buying a typewriter] If it worked for Hemingway, Chandler, and Hammett, it's gonna have to work for me.
- Pawn Store Clerk: What are you writing?
- Chick Hogan: A novel.
- Pawn Store Clerk: What kind?
- Chick Hogan: True crime.