“I’m not a violent man.”
About This Quote
Speck was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering eight Chicago nurses in one night. From a 1978 interview with Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene at Statesville Prison in Illinois. It was the only interview that Speck, who hated the media, ever granted.
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“It just wasn't their night.”
“Like I always felt...had no feeling. If you're asking me if I felt sorry, no.”
“It's not like TV...it takes over three minutes and you have to have a lot of strength.”
“If they only knew how much fun I was having, they'd turn me loose.”