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The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!

A critic is a eunuch working in a harem. He watches it, but he knows he can't do it. Critics very often are failed writers and, like failed priests, they hate religion.

To me, a critic is someone who gets paid for their opinion, and they're entitled to that opinion but I don't really put a lot of stock into their opinion. I'm going to cut the kind of records and the kind of songs that I like, and the kind of things that I enjoy doing. If critics dig it, that's fine, if they don't, that's fine.

A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.

When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.

I wouldn't call myself a 'literary critic,' just a book reviewer.

It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.

To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.

You never want to sound bitter about critics, because they're entitled to do their job, too, but I place much more trust in a person who I can look in the eye and someone who I know I share some kind of taste with - so my friends, for instance. For me, a critic is unknown and therefore irrelevant.