La vérité est trop simple pour les intellectuels.

Georges Simenon – Entretien au New York Times (1984)

He takes down two volumes from shelves packed with reference books and critical studies of his work. No Simenon novels are in evidence.

« These are the kinds of books they keep writing about me, » he says. « And I hate it! I call it micropsychoanalysis »

He holds them out. Both in French, one is called « The Mechanism of Genius, » and the other « Georges Simenon: From the Human to the Void. »

« Do they say anything true about you? » I ask.

« They never understand. »

« Why not? »

« Because the truth is too simple for intellectuals. »