Georges Simenon quotes

Georges Simenon was a Belgian writer, most famous for creating the detective character Jules Maigret. His prolific career includes over 400 novels and numerous short stories, making him one of the most published authors of his time. He became renowned for his psychological depth and ability to portray the complexities of human nature. Here are 14 of his quotes:

The fact that we are I don't know how many millions of people, yet communication, complete communication, is completely impossible between two of those people, is to me one of the biggest tragic themes in the world. (Georges Simenon)
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. View quote
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Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy. View quote
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It just happened. As though a moment comes when it's both necessary and natural to make a decision that has long since been made. View quote
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We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full. View quote
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The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world. View quote
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I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words. View quote
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It was night and I could see a large and calm lake, reflecting the moon. Black mountains rose around it. I arrived from between two of these mountains, I looked at the lake and the moon, and that was it, nothing else happened. View quote
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I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands of young men. View quote
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The place smelled of fairgrounds, of lazy crowds, of nights when you stayed out because you couldn't go to bed, and it smelled like New York, of its calm and brutal indifference. View quote
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I never read contemporary fiction – with one exception: the works of Simenon concerned with Inspector Maigret. (Georges Simenon)
You know, Fellini, I believe that, in my life, I have been more Casanova than you. I made the calculation a year or so ago that I have had 10,000 women since the age of thirteen and a half. It wasn't at all a vice. I have not the slightest sexual vice, but I have the need to communicate. View quote
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I adore life but I dont fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible. View quote
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Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person. View quote
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