Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.
W. Somerset MaughamAbout author
- Author's profession: Playwright, Writer
- Nationality: british
- Born: January 25, 1874
- Died: December 16, 1965
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