"We all play with a chip on our shoulder," Hunt, a senior guard, said when asked about critics of Memphis.

Probably many artists sometimes feel this way about critics; few have shared their feelings so vividly.

I have quite a few reservations about mainstream reviewers and critics but not being readers is definitely not one of them.

What about critics in other big cities?

Another thing has not been said about critics -they are professionals interested in their own careers.

I don't think about critics much, but I don't like them.

His complaints about critics and audiences struck a familiar note, even though I'm in an entirely different line of work.

Mark Johnson advised me how to avoid worry about friends or critics: "Stay in the play.

He had also read about self-appointed critics who called Mother Goose oppressive.

No, my friend said, I mean what as a critic would you like to change about the way you and critics in general work?