Quotes from Mark David Chapman

I wasn't angry the night I shot him.

Once you take a life, that's it. I don't even deserve to be here.

I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable.

It's a horrible thing to realize what you've done.

I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon.

I just shot John Lennon.

I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover.

I've pent up all my aggression, kept swallowing it and swallowing it.

Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up.