I'm a bit like a sponge. When I'm not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze the sponge a little - and out comes, not water but ink. Georges Simenon More Quotes by Georges Simenon More Quotes From Georges Simenon Madame....gloatingly savored her words as earlier she had savored her pig's trotter. Georges Simenon pigs I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood. Georges Simenon sculpture woods pieces Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person. Georges Simenon light giving hands I saw Mussolini tirelessly contemplate a parade of thousands of young men. Georges Simenon parades saws men