Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy. - Georges Simenon

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Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don't think an artist can ever be happy.

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About Georges Simenon

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer of crime novels, best known as the creator of Commissaire Maigret. His adult life was largely spent in France, the United States and Switzerland.

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Pen Names: Aramis • Bobette • Christian Brulls • Georges Caraman • J.-K. Charles • Germain d’Antibes • Jacques Dersonne • Georges d'Isly • La Déshabilleuse • Luc Dorsan • Jean Dorsage • Jean Dossage • Jean du Perry • Gemis • Gom Gut • Kim • Georges-Martin-Georges • Miquette • Misti • Pan • Maurice Pertuis • Plick et Plock • Poum et Zette • Sandor • G. Sim • Jean Sandor • Georges Sim • Georges Simm • Le Vieux Suiveur • Gaston Vialis • Gaston Viallis • G. Vialio • G. Violis • G. Legros Jaques
Birth Name: Georges Joseph Christian Simenon
Alternative Names: Esseddyqy Salim
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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.
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