"Doctors. They made a dwarf out of me. Doctors and lawyers. What do they care? Ever see a millionaire fry in the elect…"

"It doesn't make sense. I mean what happened. It had nothing to do with the Clutters. They never hurt me. They just ha…"

"When it first began.... Who knows when anything really begins? When Dick first told me the plan, it didn't even seem …"

"I despise people who can't control themselves."

"Someday, somebody will explain to me the motive of a newspaper. First, you scream, "Find the bastards." Till we find …"

"Mercy for them. The killers. How fortunate that their amicable attorneys were not present at the Clutter house on tha…"

"Robert Blake - Perry Smith"

"Scott Wilson - Dick Hickock"

"John Forsythe - Alvin Dewey"

"Paul Stewart - Reporter"