Kept Swallowing Quotes by Mark David Chapman

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

— Mark David Chapman

I just shot John Lennon.

— Mark David Chapman

I'm sure the large part of me is Holden Caulfield, who is the main person in the book. The small part of me must…

— Mark David Chapman

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

— Mark David Chapman

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

— Mark David Chapman

I wasn't angry the night I shot him.

— Mark David Chapman

I wanted to be videotaped.

— Mark David Chapman

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

— Mark David Chapman

I remember thinking, "The bullets are working" I think I felt a little regret that they were working.

— Mark David Chapman

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

— 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…

— Mark David Chapman

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

— Mark David Chapman