"A 'possessed' dog in the neighborhood won't let me stop killing until he gets his fill of blood."
-David Berkowitz
"Hello from the gutters of New York City, which are filled with dog manure, vomit, stale wine, urine and blood."
-David Berkowitz
"I always had a fetish for murder and death."
-David Berkowitz
"I am a monster. I am the Son of Sam. I love to hunt."
-David Berkowitz
"I didn't want to hurt them, I only wanted to kill them."
-David Berkowitz
"I have several children who I'm turning into killers. Wait till they grow up."
-David Berkowitz
"I turn children into killers."
-David Berkowitz
"I was literally singing to myself on my way home, after the killing. The tension, the desire to kill a woman had built up in such explosive proportions that when I finally pulled the trigger, all the pressures, all the tensions, all the hatred, had just vanished, dissipated, but only for a short time."
-David Berkowitz
"I wasn't going to rob her, or touch her. I was just going to kill her."
-David Berkowitz
"In this hole lives the wicked king."
-David Berkowitz
"Kill for my masters."
-David Berkowitz
"The demons wanted my penis."
-David Berkowitz
"The people and the news media used to call me 'The Son of Sam,' but God has given me a new name, 'The Son of Hope,' because now my life is about hope."
-David Berkowitz