The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase.

- Clive Barnes

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

- Clive Barnes

Dance has become an exclusionary enterprise. To participate, one must be thinner than thin, of pleasing form, flexible, athletic and young. If you ar…

- Clive Barnes

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.

- Clive Barnes

One of the most beautiful sights in dance is American Ballet Theatre in full flight.

- Clive Barnes

I am convinced that anyone can be a great writer . . . if he can only . . . tell the naked truth about himself and other people. That, a little techn…

- Clive Barnes

I don't see why people want new plays all the time. What would happen to concerts if people wanted new music all the time?

- Clive Barnes