David Chapman
David Chapman
trying would-be paper
I don't know how easy that would be but I'd try just to lead an ordinary life again. Stay out of the papers.
thinking done chimpanzees
I don't think I'm a celebrity. A chimpanzee could have done what I did.
way
I just sought a way to be someone I wasn't. To be loved.
feelings masters
I was a master at keeping my feelings in.
hurt mean feelings
I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon.
night shots angry
I wasn't angry the night I shot him.
beautiful faces blind
It is good to be skeptical, to ask “is this really true?,” to take nothing at face value. It is not good to blind yourself to what you can see is true, useful, or beautiful because you are afraid to trust.
places-to-go lennon
There are not many places to go once you've killed someone like John Lennon.
book devil holden
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 be the Devil.
regret thinking bullets
I remember thinking, "The bullets are working" I think I felt a little regret that they were working.