![One of the scandalous things I did was as I read them afterward I would burn them. I loved them, but for practical reasons I had to lighten the load. I burned favorites, like William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." There's a whole list in the back of my book. It's me,[Adolf] Hitler, [Benito] Mussolini, and Pol Pot. We're the book burners.](/assets/img/quote-photos/one-of-the-scandalous-things-i-did-was-as-i-read-them-afterward-i-would-burn-them.jpg)
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