“Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don’t think an artist can ever be happy.”
Georges Simenon, interview (Paris Review, Summer 1955)
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness. I don’t think an artist can ever be happy.”
Georges Simenon, interview (Paris Review, Summer 1955)