“I figured that if I killed him [Herbert Mullin] and then they sent me to the gas chamber, it would be a good solution to the problem. I know I'd never get a chance to, though, and I don't have any intention of killing him or anyone else....He was just a cold-blooded killer, running over a three-week…”— Edmund Kemper, truecrime.net
“[Serial killer Herbert Mullin] had a habit of singing and bothering people when somebody tried to watch TV, so I threw water on him to shut him up. Then, when he was a good boy, I'd give him peanuts. Herbie liked peanuts. That was effective, because pretty soon he asked permission to sing. That's ca…”— Edmund Kemper, amazon.com