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Mark David Chapman
American
Criminal
About the author
I was a master at keeping my feelings in.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Feelings
It's a horrible thing to realize what you've done.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
I've pent up all my aggression, kept swallowing it and swallowing it.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Aggression
I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Life
I don't think I'm a celebrity. A chimpanzee could have done what I did.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Celebrity
I wasn't angry the night I shot him.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Night
I just shot John Lennon.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
I wanted to be videotaped.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Want
I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Hurt
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.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Now
#Celebrity
Once you take a life, that's it. I don't even deserve to be here.
Mark David Chapman,
American
Criminal
#Life