Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.

He was the dance and drama critic at the New York Post since 1978 and senior consulting editor at Dance Magazine where he wrote a monthly column "Attitudes". He also continued to edit and write for British newspapers such as The Times and the Daily Express and the weekly Spectator magazine.

He was the dance and drama critic at the New York Post since 1978 and senior consulting editor at Dance Magazine where he wrote a monthly column "Attitudes". He also continued to edit and write for British newspapers such as The Times and the Daily Express and the weekly Spectator magazine. He is also widely believed to have said this about his profession: "A critic is someone who rides in after the battle and shoots the wounded.