"I'm the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you'll ever meet."

“We serial killers are your sons. We are your husbands. We are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.”

“I didn’t know what made people want to be friends. I didn’t know what made people attractive to one another. I didn’t know what underlay social interactions. ”

“I don’t think anybody doubts whether I’ve done some bad things. The question is: what, of course, and how...and most importantly, why?”

"You wanna make a circus? You got a circus. I'll rain on your parade, Jack. You'll see a thunderstorm. This will not be the little drama you've arranged."

"You feel the last bit of breath leaving their body. You're looking into their eyes. A person in that situation is God!"

"The ultimate possession was, in fact, the taking of the life. And then...the physical possession of the remains."

“We all go a little mad sometimes.”

“You reach that jumping-off point where you begin to wonder if actually doing it will give you something beyond just reading about it or looking at it.”

"I don’t want to die. I’m not going to kid you. I deserve the most extreme punishment society has...I think society deserves to be protected from me and others like me.”

"I think I stand as much of a chance of dying in front of a firing squad or in a gas chamber as you do of being killed on a plane flight home. Let's hope you don't."

"Guilt. It's this mechanism we use to control people. It's an illusion. It's a kind of social control mechanism and it's very unhealthy. It does terrible things to the body."

"People say, 'Ted Bundy didn't show any emotion, there must be something in there.' I showed emotion. You know what people said? 'See, he really can get violent and angry.'"

"Jim and Fred, I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends."