I don't think I'm a celebrity. A chimpanzee could have done what I did.
Mark David Chapman

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

I just shot John Lennon.
Mark David Chapman

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

I wanted to be videotaped.
Mark David Chapman

I was a master at keeping my feelings in.
Mark David Chapman

I wasn't angry the night I shot him.
Mark David Chapman

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

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

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

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

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