- [last lines]
- Ramona Norvell: Don't, this a mistake!
- Tess Thorne: No... the mistake you made was not castrating that son of yours when you found out what he was.
- Ramona Norvell: [showing her true colors] You're a crappy writer... and a crappy guest speaker.
- Tess Thorne: [disgusted] You said you like my work.
- Ramona Norvell: I lied. Those old ladies... they're a joke. I always knew my son would be something special. You were perfect for him, should've killed you. I don't know what you're thinking coming here, but this is what you get
- [the gun clicks]
- Ramona Norvell: ...
- Tess Thorne: [after overpowering and stabbing her] First rule of gun ownership: always keep the first chamber empty. It leads to people accidentally shooting themselves. You insult a writer's work, they take it very seriously.
- Cop: What if he has a girlfriend... a wife?
- Tess Thorne: Guys like that don't have wives... not ones who stick around... there's only one woman in his life... and she's dead
- Tess Thorne: Ever since I was a little kid, I had these voices in my head. All kinds, ah, men, women, old, young, this mysterious corral of people I'd never met, so I was either gonna end up in a padded cell ... or published.
- Lester: I know. Didn't think you'd be meeting the jolly green giant out here in the willy wags, did ya?
- Lester: You bitch!
- Tess Thorne: Don't kill me!
- Lester: You whiny whore bitch!
- Tess Thorne: Please!
- Lester: Gosh sakes.
- Tess Thorne: He came along in a big truck with loud exhaust and I remember thinking 'he wasn't driving it, he was wearing it'.