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Georges Simenon Quotes

Georges Simenon quotes

Belgian Writer February 13, 1903 – September 4, 1989

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Georges Simenon quote: "I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as..."
I adore life but I don't fear death. I just prefer to die as late as possible. Georges Simenon
I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood. My characters—I would like to have them heavier, more three-dimensional ... My characters have a profession, have characteristics; you know their age, their family situation, and everything. But I try to make each one of those characters heavy, like a statue, and to be the brother of everybody in the world. Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon quote: "Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I..."
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy. Georges Simenon
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. Georges Simenon
Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this character was created I did not yet have the four children I later had. I must add I also gave him a certain taste for food. Georges Simenon
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. Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon quote: "Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk,..."
Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person. Georges Simenon
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. Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon quote: "I have always tried to write in a simple way, using..."
I have always tried to write in a simple way, using down-to-earth and not abstract words. Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon quote: "The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real..."
The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world. Georges Simenon
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
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. Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon quote: "Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness."
Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon quote: "I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands..."
I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands of young men. Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon quote: "One of them, for example, which will probably haunt me more..."
One of them, for example, which will probably haunt me more than any other is the problem of communication. Georges Simenon

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