Joseph Stefano — American Writer born on May 05, 1922, died on August 25, 2006

Joseph William Stefano was an American screenwriter, best known for adapting Robert Bloch's novel for Alfred Hitchcock's film Psycho and for being the producer and co-writer of the original Outer Limits TV series... (wikipedia)

A boy's best friend is his mother.
Psycho 11 and III say, in effect, there's no way to survive with a psychological problem. If you've got it, the law can keep you locked up because there's no chance for cure.
Hitch was interested in what I had to offer, like one of my background ideas for Norman's upbringing.
In Psycho IV, the time is five years after III, and Norman is out of the hospital. He's a married man, and he's finally learned how to love somebody and have natural sex without killing his lover.
Hitch suggested a name actress to play Marion because the bigger the star the more unbelievable it would be that we would kill her.