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"Taking my life will not compensate for the loss of the others. The State is murdering me."

"The idea that I'm a homosexual thrill killer, that I stroll down the streets and stalk young boys and slaughter them... Hell, if you could see my schedule, my work schedule, you knew damn well that I …"

"Crimelibrary.com's entry on John Wayne Gacy"

"I would definitely not be homosexual. I have nothing against what they do and I don't deny that I've engaged in sex with males but that I'm bisexual."

"You know, clowns can get away with murder."

"People v. John Wayne Gacy", from the Cook County Clerk of Court website."

"Whether its Berkowitz, whether its Bundy, whether its... Wayne Williams down in Atlanta..., or Charlie Manson—I don't comment about other cases for the simple fact is that I wasn't there."

"I don't believe in hitting children."

"If they want to be convinced or brainwashed into what they believe, then fine, then go ahead and kill me. But 'vengeance is mine saith the Lord' because you would have executed someone who didn't comm…"

"Girls are no fun to kill. Guys are more interesting to kill."

"That one mother that gets on television all the time, who thinks I should get 33 injections, I think she ought to take 33 valiums and go lie down."

"All the police are going to get me for is running a funeral parlor without a license."

"Artwork by John Wayne Gacy"